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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 ::
Gagnon: ‘They'd be happy to stay home if they could have a shot ...' By Evan Goodenow, Record-Journal
While Gagnon's advocacy on behalf of immigrants was born out of his years in the priesthood, Fuentes' passion for it was fueled by what he has seen on construction sites in Connecticut. Fuentes, 38, grew up in the Bronx where he learned the carpentry trade.
When he came to Connecticut, he joined the New England Regional Council of Carpenters and on construction sites saw men who, like him, spoke Spanish and, like him, were trying to earn a decent living and gain a piece of the American dream. But because he was Puerto Rican and they were Mexican or Central American, a different set of rules applied.
'Somebody was hiring these people as cheap labor to take advantage of them, and it's not right,' Fuentes said. He had realized they were being grossly underpaid and receiving no benefits that American workers got. 'They were living in squalor even after getting a better-paying job. It didn't make sense to me, so I wanted to find out more.'------------------------------------------- posted 7:17 AM :: reference link ::
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