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Re: The slavery is a huge issue...
By A. Smith
May 27th 2008
at 1:23 pm EDT
Yes - the best way for workers to improve their situation is not to organize, but do nothing. Doing nothing is why workers in the US are better off than in some other parts of the world - it had nothing to do with the labor movement.
In fact, if we just do nothing, maybe we will get universal health care! We wouldn't want to sloppily mess with market forces that have brought us the joy of uninsured children and higher per capita medical costs than.. well, just about everywhere. That would be irrational.. unlike the market..
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Student/Farmworker Alliance Victory in BK Campaign
This Whopper™ of a victory must be even tastier (sorry - couldn’t resist) as it comes after the discovery that Burger King hired a company to spy on the Student/Farmworker Alliance.
Burger King and CIW just announced an agreement that would increase wages for tomato pickers in Burger King’s supply chain, have Burger King join other companies calling for an industry-wide penny per pound surcharge to increase wages, a zero-tolerance policy for growers that participate in certain unlawful activities, and farmworker participation in monitoring BK suppliers for violations of their vendor code of conduct.
CIW and the Student/Farmworker Alliance are on a roll – they have reached similar agreements with Yum! Brands (Taco Bell) and McDonald’s, and have educated tens of thousands of people about the issues facing agricultural workers in the US along the way. They have also helped to expose slavery in Florida’s tomato fields.
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In fact, if we just do nothing, maybe we will get universal health care! We wouldn't want to sloppily mess with market forces that have brought us the joy of uninsured children and higher per capita medical costs than.. well, just about everywhere. That would be irrational.. unlike the market..