Bernie Sanders On Immigration

system in two thousand and seven my senate office learn about a crisis occurring with

migrant laborers in the tomato fields of a mockery florida any folks from florida here alright

you know were a motley is right alright v. a motley workers and these all the workers were the workers he

picked the tomatoes let you get on your hamburger at burger king and mcdonald's these

workers war fighting desperately to increase their paltry wages i get well working

conditions for the back breaking work the paper form in january of two thousand and eight i

average short brown and the late ted kennedy what i discovered was a human tragedy

workers were being paid starvation wages living in severely substandard housing and

subjected to abuse of labor practices the injustices of the lie of the workers was

overall well being it's not and this is true just it just so happens then on the day that

i was there in a mock league on that day two men were indicted for human why

as slavery in the twenty first century in the fields of a mockery in the united states of america my

which our site and still sit and which was then shared my my good friend the late senator ted kennedy at

that hearing we heard the voices all in lockley workers who are at the root lois wrong

and the economic ladder workers who had no right because they're very slow but i don't want

story had a positive and the campaign by the a mockery workers resulted and substantial reforms in

the tomato fields of florida and in the aggregate workers there have seen their wages increase

by millions of dollars and they have seats significant improvements and they're working conditions what

how many more in mock lease author how many fields or factories all that where

we have to do ask our souls hidden benefits from this exploitation and

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