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I attended the hearing for the @WACourts farm worker overtime case, and it was packed with farm workers.
The video here is one of the most remarkable moments I’ve had in a courtroom. It is simply a list of facts, and they make things so plain. https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1324510174774661120
The video here is one of the most remarkable moments I’ve had in a courtroom. It is simply a list of facts, and they make things so plain. https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1324510174774661120
The crackle of energy in the air in that room— packed shoulder to shoulder with farm workers— was palpable.
Mr. Martinez is here in the front row, in the purple shirt. He’s still recovering from a bout with COVID-19, which hit his community devastatingly hard.
Mr. Martinez is here in the front row, in the purple shirt. He’s still recovering from a bout with COVID-19, which hit his community devastatingly hard.
(That moment is around the 33:10 mark at this link, there’s a transcript here too.)
https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2019101067
https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2019101067
Mr. Jose Martinez, the dairy worker who originated this case against his employer, was simply not going to accept being treated as less important than any other worker.
Today his fight for fairness has become every WA farm worker’s victory. He never backed down.
IT’S SO EPIC
Today his fight for fairness has become every WA farm worker’s victory. He never backed down.
IT’S SO EPIC
