[Scenic Sounds]

In the late 1990s, the coalition began investigating slavery cases in which farmworkers were beaten and held against their will by labor contractors.

We don't need this kind of thing. I'd be willing to pay a bit more for groceries.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Emboldened By Victory, Farmworkers Taking On Fast-Food Industry

Emboldened By A Government That Kowtows To Their Every Want, The Illegal Immigrants Are Taking To The Streets and Abusing the Citizens

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The coalition has sent letters to executives at McDonald's, Subway and Burger King...to shake them down, too.

[Conservative Infidel]

estimates it will pay the Florida tomato growers an extra $100,000, costs that won't be passed onto customers.

Oh really? Taco Bell is just going to "eat" this cost and not pass it on to consumers?? If you truly believe that, I have some prime, lake-front, possible future resort develop-able property in Florida that I would like to sell you!

[Conservative Infidel]

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers formed a dozen years ago to help increase the wages of the farmworkers, who earn as little as 40 cents for every 32-pound bucket of tomatoes picked, according to the group

Only 40 cents per bucket! The question really needs to be how long (as in minutes) does it take to fill a bucket. If they are able to pick & fill 1 bucket per minute, that translates to $24 per hour. The farmers are looking for maximum productivity here. That is why they are paying by quantity picked and not by hours worked.

Sure, 40 cents per bucket sounds like a paltry sum. However, I work part time as a medical transcriptionist. I get paid 7 cents per line of 65 characters that I type. Last year, doing this PART-TIME, I earned $35,000!! Perhaps I should demand parity with the tomato pickers?

[WideGlide]

scores of revelers danced into the night outside the headquarters of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Viva La Revolucion!! How do we get to Chi Chi's Pancho?