On May 10, 4:11*pm, Bryan > wrote:
> Keep UFW Heat Bill Advancing
>
> Farm workers are dying from heat. In fact, since California issued its
> landmark 2005 regulations to keep farm workers from dying of extreme
> heat, preventable farm worker deaths are still occurring at a similar
> pace as before.
>
> We cannot allow this to continue! Since the state has failed to
> adequately enforce its heat standards, the UFW has sponsored AB 2346 ,
> the Farm Worker Safety Act (Butler). This bill will allow farm workers
> to be able to enforce mandatory shade and drinking water requirements
> by taking delinquent employers to court. It will also make growers
> jointly liable along with farm labor contractors they hire if
> contractors fail to supply farm workers with shade and water when
> temperatures soar. In addition, AB 2346 will set meaningful penalties
> for individuals responsible for heat-related deaths. The bill’s
> proposed penalties are minimal when compared with state Penal Code
> sections when a person fails to provide an animal with the same
> protections. AB 2346 does not impose any costs on taxpayers.
>
> The problem of heat-related farm worker deaths must be solved. Farm
> workers cannot keep having their lives jeopardized due to grower
> indifference.
>
> This critical bill has already passed the Assembly Labor and Assembly
> Public Safety committees and will shortly be heard by the Assembly
> Appropriations Committee. Please send your e-mail today and tell the
> chair of this committee to support this critical bill.
>
> http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/heat512?js=false
>
> * * *source-- *http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/heat512
>
> The way I see it, protecting the lives of farm workers would add a few
> percent to the cost we pay at the supermarket. *Would you be willing
> to pay $1.35 instead of $1.29 for a head of lettuce in order to keep
> workers from dying?
>
> --Bryan

No.

On May 10, 6:29*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> On May 10, 4:11*pm, Bryan > wrote:
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> > Keep UFW Heat Bill Advancing
>
> > Farm workers are dying from heat. In fact, since California issued its
> > landmark 2005 regulations to keep farm workers from dying of extreme
> > heat, preventable farm worker deaths are still occurring at a similar
> > pace as before.
>
> > We cannot allow this to continue! Since the state has failed to
> > adequately enforce its heat standards, the UFW has sponsored AB 2346 ,
> > the Farm Worker Safety Act (Butler). This bill will allow farm workers
> > to be able to enforce mandatory shade and drinking water requirements
> > by taking delinquent employers to court. It will also make growers
> > jointly liable along with farm labor contractors they hire if
> > contractors fail to supply farm workers with shade and water when
> > temperatures soar. In addition, AB 2346 will set meaningful penalties
> > for individuals responsible for heat-related deaths. The bill’s
> > proposed penalties are minimal when compared with state Penal Code
> > sections when a person fails to provide an animal with the same
> > protections. AB 2346 does not impose any costs on taxpayers.
>
> > The problem of heat-related farm worker deaths must be solved. Farm
> > workers cannot keep having their lives jeopardized due to grower
> > indifference.
>
> > This critical bill has already passed the Assembly Labor and Assembly
> > Public Safety committees and will shortly be heard by the Assembly
> > Appropriations Committee. Please send your e-mail today and tell the
> > chair of this committee to support this critical bill.
>
> >http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/heat512?js=false
>
> > * * *source-- *http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/heat512
>
> > The way I see it, protecting the lives of farm workers would add a few
> > percent to the cost we pay at the supermarket. *Would you be willing
> > to pay $1.35 instead of $1.29 for a head of lettuce in order to keep
> > workers from dying?
>
> > --Bryan
>
> No.

I'm curious. Do you consider yourself to be a morally decent person?

--Bryan

On May 10, 7:57*pm, Bryan > wrote:
> On May 10, 6:29*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> > No.
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> I'm curious. *Do you consider yourself to be a morally decent person?
>
Chemo's just muckin' about as usual.
I think that we should pay more for produce all around. As long as
the extra cost is passed on to the lowly agricultural worker.
When I was in Costa Rica in 1989, a coffee picker made the equivalent
of $8.00 US per day. It makes it quite difficult for the worker to
buy a bottle of coke.
God forbid he/she craves a Big Mac.

On May 11, 7:18*am, A Moose in Love >
wrote:
> On May 10, 7:57*pm, Bryan > wrote:> On May 10, 6:29*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> > > No.
>
> > I'm curious. *Do you consider yourself to be a morally decent person?
>
> Chemo's just muckin' about as usual.
> I think that we should pay more for produce all around. *As long as
> the extra cost is passed on to the lowly agricultural worker.
> When I was in Costa Rica in 1989, a coffee picker made the equivalent
> of $8.00 US per day. *It makes it quite difficult for the worker to
> buy a bottle of coke.
> God forbid he/she craves a Big Mac.

I told my wife that I thought Costa Rica would be a nice place to
spend winters after retirement, but she rained on my Costa Rican
parade with her answer. "I bet they have really large palmetto bugs
down there." Hmmmph!

I have an intense dislike for roaches.

--Bryan

Bryan wrote:

> I have an intense dislike for roaches.

But they're good for you! Low in fat, high in protein, and nicely
crunchy in your mouth.