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Article Source: NY Daily NewsOne hundred years ago today, New York City suffered the deadliest industrial disaster in its history. The memory of the 146 people who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire stands as a reminder that legal protections and workplace safety standards were won through a long struggle for social justice and at great human cost.
--Eric Schneiderman
#1 - Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:20 AM EDTThe workers who harvest our food have been systematically denied the basic rights that are granted to all other American workers. They can be fired for trying to form a union, or for attempting to improve their working conditions. They are not eligible for overtime pay, disability or even unemployment insurance. They work seven days a week, and many have reported physical and sexual abuse.
I can see the points made.. however, people who come here illegally.. are illegal.. I am not one that Rewards people for bad behavior.. and neither do the courts.. one must have clean hands ..... and these people must do their part to make sure they come here legally in order for many millions of people to care enough that would make a difference.
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