Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Did a Child Pick Your Strawberries? - Page 1 - The Daily Beast


Did a Child Pick Your Strawberries? - Page 1 - The Daily Beast: "By the time she was a teenager, Luz was often working 13-hour days, when she wasn’t in school. Her employer gave her no choice about hours. “No one can leave. They block the exits and say everyone has to help out.” She fell behind in school and said most of her friends had dropped out. She was often sick from exposure to pesticides. “You could see it all around, and you were breathing it. … My stomach was always heaving. Every single day.”"

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