Justice, Peaches, and Immigration Reform
"As undocumented workers emerge from the shadows, new tensions will be created. Communities will change. The social contract in a region — the relationships that connect and bind us — will be tested.
New social justice issues will challenge employers. Workers with faces can't be as easily dismissed; their calls for better wages, health benefits and working conditions will no longer be whispers. We in the agricultural community have signaled an openness to reform and acknowledged the need for labor to fill "jobs that no one else wants." We also need to accept the responsibility for that labor." Op-Ed by DAVID MAS MASUMOTO in the Los Angeles Times.
New social justice issues will challenge employers. Workers with faces can't be as easily dismissed; their calls for better wages, health benefits and working conditions will no longer be whispers. We in the agricultural community have signaled an openness to reform and acknowledged the need for labor to fill "jobs that no one else wants." We also need to accept the responsibility for that labor." Op-Ed by DAVID MAS MASUMOTO in the Los Angeles Times.