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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez

    :: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 ::

    This Injustice Brought to You by the Letter "U" - CtW Connect
    ... "U" for "Unfair", that is.

    Mathison Orchards referred inquiries to Stemilt Growers, a company that packages and markets its produce. When asked why Mathison would have workers sleeping out in the open and bathing in irrigation water, a Stemilt spokesperson responded that the workers knew what they were getting into:

    Stemilt spokesman Roger Pepperl said the workers had access to bathrooms and fresh well water, and that there was 'no agreement or suggestion' that the workers would be given housing.

    But interviews with the workers tell a different story:

    One of the farm workers said, 'I asked where do we shower? And he said 'There's the water hole.' ... and there's ducks and fish! I asked, 'We shower there?! Where do the women shower?!' He said the same place.'
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