braceros.
For starters, Brown proposed including farm laborers in a state minimum wage hike to $1.25 an hour from the existing level of 90 cents.
Said Brown:
If a person is worth hiring, he is worth paying a decent living wage. The special interest group which denies that imperils its own future as well as California s.
Brown s sense of fair play didn t last long.
Within two years, Brown was completely in the pocket of agribusiness giants like California Packing (Del Monte) and Hunt Foods and Industries.
And in turn the Bank of America controlled the food packers and growers. The bank insisted on the lowest payroll possible…that meant hiring braceros
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Farmworkers help bring food to our tables each day, but in this pandemic, many have not been getting the help they need. Several local organizations are trying to change that.
Alejandra Rona was one of the first farmworkers to get her first vaccination. In Spanish, she said she feels great that she got her first shot and grateful that the vaccinations were given there.
According to Ventura County, they ll set up vaccination sites like this at the small and medium-sized farms in the county. Officials are encouraging people to still go to their larger vaccination sites to get their first and second shots.