"Como trabajadores y mujeres, tenemos que luchar por nuestros derechos y contra la violencia tanto en la labor como en la casa"
"As women and as workers, we have to fight for our rights and against violence both in the fields and in our own homes"
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Another report of slavery in Florida's
agricultural industry, this time among workers
in the white potato and cabbage fields of
northern Florida, recently hit news stands
across the country. The case was initially
reported to federal authorities by the CIW.
From the widely published AP report:
"'The coalition was contacted by
workers at the camp', said Laura Germino,
a leader of the group. The coalition has
aided authorities in the prosecution of
five previous cases of farmworker slavery
in Florida in recent years...'We've seen
U.S. citizens held in slavery, permanent
residents, undocumented workers. It shows
what is necessary for slavery to take
root is not, say, an immigrant work force
but conditions where other labor violations
are already occurring,' Germino said.
'You no longer will have slavery if you
eliminate the conditions that allow it
to take place.'"
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