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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
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    :: Friday, May 12, 2006 ::

    WUSA9.com - Troubled Young Men Learn Boat Building And Foundation For Life - W*USA 9, DC
    “In four to six months we help them get their GED. And we place them as union apprentices where they're making minimum, thirty grand a year up to fifty or sixty,” said Youcha. “And in four years they're journeymen carpenters and they've got a career where they can take care of their responsibilities.”
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