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$950,000 hospital bill

Michelle Fleming: Pay For Jennifer Huculak-Kimmel’s Medical Bills

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Special report: ‘They treated us like slaves


 

Los Angeles Times
Dear Readers:Imagine a workplace where bosses would strip people of their shoes to prevent them from running away. Or one where workers would be put on a no-pay list if they got sick. And a job site where bosses tied a worker to a tree and then beat him.
Earlier this week, we told you about unbearable conditions for workers at Mexican mega-farms, which now supply a huge portion of the tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant and other produce consumed by Americans.
Today, we invite you to read our second installment in the “Product of Mexico” series. Our story offers an inside look at Bioparques, one of Mexico’s biggest tomato exporters and a supplier to Wal-Mart.
Financed by the World Bank, Bioparques was honored as a “socially responsible company.” But for fieldworkers, whom Bioparques described as the “backbone of all company operations and partners in every success,” the company’s labor camp was a virtual prison.
Our reporter, Rich Marosi, reports that Bioparques’ continued operation speaks to the impunity of Mexican agribusiness.
Read: Desperate workers on a Mexican mega-farm: ‘They treated us like slaves’
Davan Maharaj, Editor
P.S. Many readers are sharing their opinions of the story. See what they’re saying and weigh in with your own thoughts.latimes.com
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This weekend volunteers with Wreaths Across America will continue their visits to Arlington National and cemeteries across the country to lay wreaths before the headstones of fallen veterans.

Each wreath costs about $15 to produce and ship, and the effort is powered almost exclusively by individual contributions and volunteers.

So far, VoteVets has raised almost $12,000 towards that effort. First thing in the morning, they hope to write a $30,000 check to Wreaths Across America to cover the cost of 2,000 wreaths.

Add your $15 contribution to mine to cover the cost of a single wreath that will be placed this Saturday afternoon.

I’ll announce the final tally during the next airing of my MSNBC program, Taking the Hill this Sunday, December 14th at 1:30 on MSNBC.

Thanks for contributing to make this program an annual success.

Patrick Murphy
Former Congressman, Iraq War Veteran
VoteVets.org Senior Advisor