Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Immigrants Rally Against Slave Labor

These immigrant workers are showing how they are treated and comparing it to the way slaves were treated. Amazing! I hope they succeed in changing minds and laws. - - Donna Poisl

Posted By: Gary Detman

IMMOKALEE, FL -- Immigrant workers turned towards Florida's Legislature to help stop modern day slave labor.

Dozens of immigrant workers and their families traveled from Immokalee to show us how some of the say they're treated in the fields. They used props and acted--in a silent theatrical demonstration--to show us how they are chained inside truck, beaten in the fields, and often times they are not compensated for their work.
Be sure to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.

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