Valentine's Day is a 16.9 billion business, so what do the news outlets do (myself included)? Make you feel bad about it of course. Not to be a mood killer or anything, but I thought you might like to read this:ABC News ran a story this morning on their homepage about a worker on one of the many giant South American flower plantations who has recently exposed the poor conditions industry workers face to make sure that the U.S. will get its average 190 million flowers for this Valentine's Day.
"According to Nora Ferm of the Washington, D.C.-based International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF), the typical South American flower picker is female, unmarried, has an elementary school education and three or more children." The woman who exposed the mistreatment, Beatriz Fuentes, says she is paid less than $50 for a six-day week of demanding labor, often under difficult -- some say illegal -- conditions, including contact with dangerous chemicals.
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"According to Nora Ferm of the Washington, D.C.-based International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF), the typical South American flower picker is female, unmarried, has an elementary school education and three or more children." The woman who exposed the mistreatment, Beatriz Fuentes, says she is paid less than $50 for a six-day week of demanding labor, often under difficult -- some say illegal -- conditions, including contact with dangerous chemicals.
You can read the original article here
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