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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
Cesar Chavez
:: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 ::
Highrise accident injures three workers CBC British Columbia, Canada
"Upon arrival, we found the the scaffolding, on the ground - and three workers with injuries varying between first and three degree burns. And those burns are to various parts of their bodies.
"There's been some very heavy damage to the scaffolding," he says. "There's safety netting around it that's completely melted and blown away."