Would you like to be a migrant farm worker? Now's your chance to work in the hot sun doing back breaking repetitive labor for hours on end on a farm that is not yours. You'll probably get paid by the pound or the piece, so learn to work fast cuz there's no retirement fund. You (and your children too if they come along) can come in contact with the dangerous pesticides that are used to keep our food cheap and beautiful. But then again, since you're an American, you won't get to go back to your home country when you're old and sick and have free health care. But maybe some pinko commie country in Latin America will take you in if you tell them you were a farm worker.
In response to the latest backlash against undocumented workers (some of which is taking place in Vermont as well) the UFW (United Farm Workers - a farm worker's union) has launched a campaign called "Take Our Jobs" inviting legal American citizens to become farm workers.
here's the website: takeourjobs.org
A representative from the UFW is also scheduled to appear on the Colbert Report on July 8th, so check it out if you're into that stuff.
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