Compassionate conservative ? re: farm workers dying of heat stroke

[Mountainman]

Here in the San Joaquin Valley several farm workers have died in the fields. The temperatures have been in triple digits for weeks now.

There is concern in the area and meetings are being held to try to come up with workable solutions to keep the farm workers from dying in the heat.

Here is a letter to the editor in the Bakersfield Californian August 1st edition.

"Stay cool in the shade"

"Regarding heat strokes suffered by farm-workers in the fields, do like I did when I was in high school.

We started early and quit early. We used common sense. When we felt funny, we found shade and cooled off and drank a lot of water.

Regarding getting only minimum wage, the solution is to get an education that will allow people to get a better-paying job. Also. $6.75 an hour in Mexico is good money."


That is the conservative answer to every poor person's problem. It's their fault they are poor. How can the decide what time to go to work and when to quit? How can they find shade in an open field? How are they going to go to school and make a living too?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Typical Republican asswipe

Who does he think will pick all that agriculture?

Simpleton selfish heartless assholes...my heart is really getting filled with hatred.

[gizmo1979]

2. I bet alot of

those workers are making alot less than 6.75 an hour.How many of them are being ripped off by the man?

[AndyTiedye]

3. Can they Harvest At Night?

The farms would have to bring in some lights, but it's a lot cooler at night.

[Mountainman]

4. Here are the new proposed rules:

Require that a quart of water be available to a worker per hour

Give workers as many rest periods as they need to feel well

Provide employees who think they need a "recovery period" with access to shade for at least five minutes

Make it against the law to retaliate against employees who exercise their heat-protection rights