| The real cost of putting cheap food on the table | |
America, the land of the free. Where everyone is treated equal.
Yeah right.
Seems there is a seething "slave-for-hire" industry in the southern states, particularly Florida.
People locked in the back of vans, forced to pay obscene rent for the privilege. Pushed into a cycle of debt where they will never have a chance to escape.
Working 7 days a week, beaten if they are too sick or tired to work.
Culpability for evil situation sits firmly with bastions of southern society like the Navarette family empire. How many deaths are on their hands? How many hearts and backs broken?
This is the land that purports to be the bastion of freedom for the underdog.
Journalist Edward R Murrow raised the issue in the 1960s with Harvest Of Shame, yet middle America continues to ignore the problem, accepting cheap fruit and vegetables from these slave camps.
More than a billion dollars a day on the Iraq war, yet this travesty is permitted to continue so you can continue getting fat and have fresh, cheap food on your tables.
Wake up America, get out of your own arse and fix your own back yard before meddling with the rest of the world.
Boycott the fruit and vegetables from this area until the producers certify they use legit work forces, and treat them with the rights they deserve. You will pay more for your food, but with the knowledge these workers are treated as people and given good working conditions.
Step up America, put your money where your mouth is!
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| Posted by Karl Rohde on December 21, 2007 at 12:00 am | Politics | Trackbacks (0) |
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