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Friday, April 21, 2006

Union officials' visit to support farmworkers

Union officials' visit to support farmworkers
Source: Ft. Myers News-Press
Top officials of the AFL-CIO and the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy will meet Sunday with Immokalee farmworkers, continuing pressure on McDonald's to pay more for tomatoes. The visit by John Sweeney, president of the national labor union, its organizing director Stuart Acuff and Ethel Kennedy also highlights a trend toward organization among more than 11 million undocumented workers in the United States.

 



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