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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
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    :: Saturday, July 19, 2003 ::

    GOP to the country: Let them eat lies
    ... plans to eliminate overtime pay are presented as a scheme to deprive union workers of their exorbitant wages (like $40 an hour, if carpenters work on Sunday) and provide more jobs for nonunion workers -- which means, though they don't say it, immigrant workers who come cheaper than Americans.
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