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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis hand bill from my grade school days pointed me down the path of being a DEMOCRAT for life
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This hand bill from my grade school days pointed me down the path of being a DEMOCRAT for life (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Oct 2012
OP
Kill all right to work laws and modernize workplace safety and wage laws for agriculture.
Zalatix
Oct 2012
#1
If someone knows how to dig these posts out of the old DU I would be very grateful
Omaha Steve
Oct 2012
#2
Her name was Maria, 17 and expecting when she died (they refused to take her to the hospital)
Omaha Steve
Oct 2012
#3
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)1. Kill all right to work laws and modernize workplace safety and wage laws for agriculture.
For starters.
Omaha Steve
(99,632 posts)2. If someone knows how to dig these posts out of the old DU I would be very grateful
Memories of Bobby Kennedy in Omaha 1968
Remembering BOBBY KENNEDY.
Robert F. Kennedy reached out to Omaha boy in '68
OS
Omaha Steve
(99,632 posts)3. Her name was Maria, 17 and expecting when she died (they refused to take her to the hospital)
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Omaha%20Steve/13
Posted by Omaha Steve in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Tue Oct 05th 2010, 05:11 PM
Her name was Maria, 17 and expecting when she died (they refused to take her to the hospital)
Posted by Omaha Steve in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Tue Oct 05th 2010, 05:11 PM
My first political action was asking my mom and dad not to buy grapes in the 60's. Going door to door for Bobby Kennedy was next. I've never changed. See my avatar on the left about Nixon and look it up. I see Maria every time I drink wine.
I only buy UFW approved wine btw: http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=organizi...
Yes I hit the Cabernet bottle tonight.
http://action.ufw.org/page/s/MariaIsabel
17-year old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez died in 2008 while laboring in the grape vineyards. Her death is hard to accept because it didnt need to happen. It appears basic heat laws were not observed by the labor contractors, who are accused of failing to provide Jimenez with access to a nearby source of drinking water, shade from the sun, training in how to recognize symptoms of heat illness, and swift medical attention. Marias temperature reached 108 degrees on a day California's occupational safety agency issued a heat-danger warning to employers.
There was a crucial court hearing on, Thursday, July 29, on the circumstances surrounding Marias death. The judge was expected to decide whether the case against three people charged with felonies for contributing to Maria Isabels death would proceed to trial. He also could have weighed in on whether the ex-farm labor contractors will face jail time if convicted. At the defence's request, the judge delayed the hearing until October.
The family strongly feels anyone found responsible for 17-year-old Maria Isabels death should be jailed. The UFW is doing all we can to support the family and asks you to lend your support. Please sign the pledge to do what you can to ensure that the people responsible for Marias death are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Let Marias family know that people throughout the nation are standing with them.
PLEASE take the pledge at the link!