Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦
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8:41 Several organizers and workers I spoke to alleged insufficient breaks, wage theft, and general low pay.
[Farm worker] With Driscoll's, their fruit is more expensive.
8:49 It reaches almost $7 per box, but the pay for us continues to be very low. These aren't just injustices.
8:56 They're now economic facts independent farmers have to compete with, especially in countries like Mexico, where wages are even lower and labor and environmental protections are fewer.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l42c5fbrfcz2kvn6sdizl63p/bafkreifd2slhf6je2uzh4v3u7s6myxiff4zm4kjvczgenpnpso6ihvywcq)
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9:29 [Matt] Large berry growers like Driscoll's use a massive amount of water while their workers often don't have running water in their homes.
9:38 American-based multinationals, I would like to think that, yeah, they are treating those societies well. I don't think that's what's happening.
9:46 And I think if they were required to do that, their prices would go up, and we would, we would be able to get a fairer price ourselves.
9:55 But, again, for all these injustices, Driscoll's technically didn't do any of it. A contractor did.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l42c5fbrfcz2kvn6sdizl63p/bafkreiexwh4ahlgi4h5svd4eywwzlzgtoidd5vrxbqrsyhup4dxfxzu67e)
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"Tsubota" [a pet snake] "was stretched along the climate vent that formed a ledge at the bottom of the window, basking in its warmth while his tongue tried and failed to taste the view of Notre Dame."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l42c5fbrfcz2kvn6sdizl63p/bafkreibdelsejtd4tutq5bo623wtymwbiq32rr4q7nnjepwivyiwwvwvrm)
