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The grocery store, and you see green ones, you complain to the store. the store will complain to the ranch and the ranch will complain to me, the worker. you make $8 an hour, minimum wage. and split 30 cents for each big box of grapes you pack between three partners. the third is his wife, maria, who is loading up the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and its hot. but we have to work hard. it puts food on the table. we have to do it. if i dont work fast, i cost hi...

The grocery store and then you go to the grocery store and buy grapes and see green ones, youll complain to the store, the store will complain to the ranch and the ranch will complain to me, the worker. you make $8 an hour, minimum wage and split 30 cents for each box of grapes you pack between three partners. the third is benjamins wife, maria, who is loading up the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and its hot but we have to work hard. it puts food on our table....

They, like all the other workers here, wont discuss their immigration status. if youre legal, you would usually seek a less punishing occupation. either way, taxes are taken out of all the paychecks. they each make a base rate of $64 for the day. after taxes its about $45 for the eight hours. as the hours go by, the workers sing to help make time pass, take their minds off the heat. theyre aware many people believe mexican immigrants take away american jobs, but over the years on this ranch -- [...

The third is benjamins wife, maria, who is loading up the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and its hot "but we have to work hard. it puts food on our table. we have to do it." >> benjamins my partner today. if i dont work fast, i cost him money. so there is some pressure. its not just doing the story. >> reporter: maria and benjamin have five children, two of them grown. they, like all the other workers here, wont discuss their immigration status. but if youre le...

Big box of grapes you pack between three part arners. the third is benjamins wife, maria, who is loading the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and its hot. but we have to work hard. it puts food on the table. we have to do it. benjamin is my partner today. if i dont work fast, i cost him money. so theres some pressure, its not just doing the story. maria and benjamin have five children, two of them grown. they, like all the other workers here, wont discuss their i...

So, theres some pressure. maria and benjamin have five children, two of them grown. they, like all the other workers here, wont discuss their immigration status. if youre legal, you would usually seek a less punishing occupation. either way, taxes are taken out of all the paychecks. they each make a base rate of $64 for the day. after taxes its about $48 for the eight hours. as the hours go by, the workers sing to help make time pass, take their minds off the heat. theyre aware many people belie...

>> he is my partner today. if i dont work fast i cost him money. so there is pressure, not just doing the story. maria and her husband have five children. they wont discuss their immigration status. but if you are legal you would usually seek a less punishing occupation. taxes are taken out of all the paychecks. they each make a base rate of $65 for the day. after taxes it is about $45. as the hours go by the workers sing to help make time pass to take their minds off the heat. they are aware th...