2016 Postmortem

lunamagica

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3. Interesting...

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 11:17 AM

Mar 2016

But Sen. Sanders' opposition to abusive guest worker programs didn't extend to a bill he cosponsored in 2011, to allow agricultural guest workers into his home state's largest farm sector -- Vermont's dairy industry... So the Sanders-backed measure could have let dairies replace all current domestic farm laborers with foreign guest workers -- with the same damaging impacts on wages and working conditions for both domestic and foreign guest workers Sen. Sanders decried in other industries."

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Why the United Farm Workers Are Not Feeling the Bern [View all] Haveadream Mar 2016 OP

Looks like the leaders endorsed her, not the workers. PonyUp Mar 2016 #1

Here in the San Joaquin Valley, Le Taz Hot Mar 2016 #2

What an excellent endorsement. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #6

@ Ponyup- Your Link Haveadream Mar 2016 #10

Interesting... lunamagica Mar 2016 #3

I have some thoughts on this... JaneyVee Mar 2016 #4

That's why the rhetoric changed from "They take American jobs" (which is on tape) to lunamagica Mar 2016 #9

When Disney has experienced Americans, all of whom had superlative reviews for 5 years WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #17

A wonderful endorsement and for well reasoned points pandr32 Mar 2016 #7

K & R Iliyah Mar 2016 #8

Because Wall Street and the corporations are great friends mmonk Mar 2016 #11

Source? Haveadream Mar 2016 #12

There is no source beyond reality. mmonk Mar 2016 #13

K&R DesertRat Mar 2016 #14

I can't imagine more onerous work than being a picker. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #15

Huge K&R, exposes the devastating hypocrisy of Sander's immigration vote n/t taught_me_patience Mar 2016 #16

Thank you! (nt) NurseJackie Mar 2016 #18

K & R Alfresco Mar 2016 #19