tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824638781408722483.post5896257105332324742..comments2023-06-01T08:22:02.085-04:00Comments on here still running: Workers Dyingjohniebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824638781408722483.post-15968165636159205922008-07-16T17:27:00.000-04:002008-07-16T17:27:00.000-04:00It is shameful to us all.You said it, Johnieb.<I>It is shameful to us all.</I><BR/><BR/>You said it, Johnieb.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824638781408722483.post-84810445734083848502008-07-13T15:25:00.000-04:002008-07-13T15:25:00.000-04:00I saw that on my latest UFW e-mailing. (You and I...I saw that on my latest UFW e-mailing. (You and I must be on the same lists, JohnieB. :-)) It has haunted me since I got it. We prayed about it at church and I must get re-involved with the farmworkers somehow, even in a small way. I was remembering this week (you'll see a sentence about it in my next Episcopal Café column, which I turned in two nights ago and will be published within the week, more or less) the Walk for Farmworker Justice in which I was involved in the summer of 2000 in Oregon's Willamette Valley. And now I wonder also about our local farmworkers here in NC. The California Central Valley heat is horrid. And you are right, JohnieB, these conditions are shamefull and these are human beings, our sisters and brothers, not automatons to be exploited. <BR/><BR/>I think too of the spouses and children left behind and the grief of the communities - who because of the need to work can barely take time off to bury and grieve the dead.<BR/><BR/>Lord, have mercy.Jane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814517077774999407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824638781408722483.post-66541497243036887082008-07-13T12:05:00.000-04:002008-07-13T12:05:00.000-04:00This is so sad and so wrong - I am at a loss for w...This is so sad and so wrong - I am at a loss for words but not a loss for prayers.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824638781408722483.post-85711751994049453302008-07-12T22:43:00.000-04:002008-07-12T22:43:00.000-04:00Amen. To me, it's unconscionable to treat human b...Amen. To me, it's unconscionable to treat human beings as less than animals. How many farmers will not make sure that a hog survives the heat? Is a young woman, or a father, or an old man, less than a hog? Apparently. <BR/><BR/>Few things get me started as fast as this kind of uncaring brutality.johniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824638781408722483.post-15510472336957146522008-07-12T21:42:00.000-04:002008-07-12T21:42:00.000-04:00Amen.As a teenager, we had a ranch (my parents did...Amen.<BR/><BR/>As a teenager, we had a ranch (my parents did the urban flight thing) and my mom always made me carry out ice and popsicles and work alongside the "pickers" who helped us harvest. It is very difficult work.<BR/><BR/>Prayer for all those who contribute to our harvests.it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.com