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Video message from Pastor Perez re a Giumarra delegation

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Uploaded by on May 19, 2010

In May, a delegation of clergy and supporters from Los Angeles and Bakersfield headed out to a Giumarra field to give the workers water and shade canopies. The participants listened as farm workers explained that the shade the company provided was inadequate. It was also seen as a sort of insult, given that it is hotter beneath the shabby tarps the company carelessly drapes over the vines than it is to stand out in the sun.

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  • @goldtones I never stated I worked there but I have friends that do..One I met 25 years ago..she and her husband worked there over 35 years...Another was a single mother who has been there around 40 years..Through them I have met numerous others..One of the Giumarra's that is a superintendent in the fields was given a surprise birthday party this year by his crew in Lamont .. This is not unusual for the farmworkers to do this kind of thing with the Giumarra's.. and opposite what UFW claims..

  • @lbsramir What is working at Giumarra's like for you and what are your responsibilities there?

  • EVERY HUMAN DESERVES DIGNITY...But it does not come through FALSE ALLEGATIONS and LIES.... If Giumarra's were so evil...why have thousands of their workers over the decades CONTINUALLY CALL relatives and family members to come to Giumarra's and work there...many WORKERS HAVE CHOSEN TO WORK FOR GIUMARRA'S for 20- to over 40 years...There exists thousands of farmers in CA, AZ,TX and other states...So why do thousands of workers choose to return to Giumarra's every year ???..

  • Believe me, if any of my farmworking friends were treated like slaves, they would move BACK to Mexico or wherever they came from, in a heartbeat.. No one puts a gun to their head and force them to work at Giumarra's. They chose them over companies from all over the nation..and certainly, no one kidnapped them from Mexico and are fencing them in to work there either..

  • Water is supplied to all the workers daily...AND IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME...GO SEE FOR YOURSELF....IT IS MANDATORY FOR ALL THEIR FOREMAN to supply water ALL DAY !!...AND THE farmworkers ARE SCHOOLED REGULARLY TO be AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE TO DRINK WATER....ANYONE CAN GO TO THE FIELDS AND FIND OUT THE TRUTH THEMSELVES...I DARE YOU TO GO SEE TRUTH...AND NOT RECEIVE LIES

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