A few weeks ago we were talking about a mom who needed to pump but worked in the fields.  I thought this article was very interesting and might make it clear why what we think is not a big deal, is one.  Some growers will not provide shade or water to their workers, which is mandated.  And we expect these same growers, to provide a private place to pump, with electricity, and a place to store milk...

Joylyn Souter

> In the Coachella Valley, hope withers on the vine
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>
> Picking grapes in the Coachella Valley is still dirty and dangerous. In the region where the United Farm Workers' first table grape contract was signed, the pay is less than it was 40 years ago.
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> By Mike Anton
>
> June 23 2009
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> Reporting from Mecca, Calif. — An hour before dawn in the camp of last resort. Dozens of men and a few women are asleep in the beds of pickup trucks, in the back seats of cars or on flattened cardboard boxes in the dirt behind the Toro Loco market. The air is cool, but the terrible sun is close at hand.
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> The complete article can be viewed at:
> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grapes23-2009jun23,0,6892712.story
>
> Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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