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[Korey]

 

[Zzoram]

As usual, the rich businessmen profiting from this go free while the middle managers act as the scapegoats.

 

[Enron]

the Georgia farmers better not hear about this!

Georgia farmers are having a tough time finding enough illegals to work the fields ever since Nathan Deal signed Georgia's shitty immigration law. Now farmers are super pissed at him.

 

[videogamer]

Georgia farmers are having a tough time finding enough illegals to work the fields ever since Nathan Deal signed Georgia's shitty immigration law. Now farmers are super pissed at him.

if florida implemented a law like Georgia's, perhaps the situation in florida would improve

 

[SouthernDragon]

How the fuck does this thread only have one page?

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I live in florid and havent heard anything about this

 

[Vaporak]

How the fuck does this thread only have one page?

Almost nobody cares how they get cheap goods as long as they keep getting them.

 

[faceless007]

Human trafficking is a huge problem, worldwide. No country is immune to it, and virtually no government is taking it seriously.

Ashton Kutcher is.

 

[FrenchToastDisciple]

And if field workers were given decent rights and working conditions everybody would complain that the price of tomatoes went up 5 cents. Same reason why corn subsidies still exist despite their known bad effects.

 

[tiff]

There should be a law against this kind of thing.

 

[GDGF]

so... georgia, alabama, florida?

That's actually what I assumed, living in Georgia.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

There should be a law against this kind of thing.

There is, it just isn't followed.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Georgia farmers are having a tough time finding enough illegals to work the fields ever since Nathan Deal signed Georgia's shitty immigration law. Now farmers are super pissed at him.

that's the joke...

 

[kehs]

So....are these literal slaves of just figurative slaves?

On a serious note, I had a class mate in a recent class that was actually at one of these camps. It's surreal hearing his story considering the time frame it actually happened in.

 

[eastmen]

Georgia farmers are having a tough time finding enough illegals to work the fields ever since Nathan Deal signed Georgia's shitty immigration law. Now farmers are super pissed at him.

They should offer a fair days pay for a fair days work.

I bet if they offered $15 an hour they'd get alot of people showing up for jobs

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

They should offer a fair days pay for a fair days work.

I bet if they offered $15 an hour they'd get alot of people showing up for jobs

The problem is that people want cheaper foods. If tomatoes increase their prices by even $.50 you'll lose tons of business to someone else.

 

[tekumseh]

Georgia farmers are having a tough time finding enough illegals to work the fields ever since Nathan Deal signed Georgia's shitty immigration law. Now farmers are super pissed at him

if florida implemented a law like Georgia's, perhaps the situation in florida would improve

No, what would likely happen is that entire swaths of perishibles would just rot in the fields, like the story I saw this week about one guy who has $250,000 worth of blackberries doing just that because of the crackdown in Georgia. It's only 25% of his crop.

Here is a link to the story - Moronic leaders pass moronic laws...

 

[The Awesomest]

So I found this video that really goes into the daily lives of these workers. It's absolutely terrible. One thing, though - this video is 50 years old. This has been happening for this long, seriously?

CBS - Harvest of Shame

I can't believe this thread only seventy posts.

edit: here's a bonus article Nobodies: Does Slavery Exist in America?

 

[pieatorium]

Probably not Germany because they were blaming their ecoli on Spain. And do they even grow tomatoes in Australia?

yes, Australia is big and has a wide variety of climates, most anything you can think of is grown here.