March Decries Plight of Strawberry Pickers
From Times Wire Reports
Feminist Gloria Steinem joined a march of more than 1,000 people to protest what she called criminal conditions in California’s strawberry fields. The group marched more than a mile down Broadway past stores selling berries picked by women who the United Farm Workers say aren’t paid enough to feed their families. Most of California’s strawberry workers earn about $8,000 annually, with no health insurance or other benefits, said Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the union.
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