Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Le Shorter: Harvest of Shame

That was the title of journalist Edward R. Murrow's 1960 expose of the wage slavery imposed on migrant workers. Ending the system of cynical exploitation of migrant workers is the struggle in which Caesar Chavez gave his life. Because of the blood, sweat and tears of mostly Mexican migrants, Americans enjoy an abundant and inexpensive harvest. Read this story about the misery of migrant workers in Florida harvesting tomatoes before you complain about too many Mexicans in the country. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3263500.ece