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Farm Worker Stories from 2008-2009
I would work all day without taking a break or going for water because I was afraid of getting fired. –Erika Contreras,farm labor contractor worker
They give us the water they use to irrigate the fields. –Pedro Zapien,vegetable worker
We have to pitch in money to have clean drinking water. –Juan Martinez Vasquez, pea worker
Our water has a mossy smell and bitter taste. –Ramon Mendoza,irrigation installer
The foreman drinks the water we bring ourselves. –Francisco Villasaña,cotton worker
He treats us worse than animals…We don’t have fresh water. –Juan Negrete,
cotton worker
The company did not provide shade for us to use. –Juanita Mendoza,grape worker
When someone wants to drink water, the boss gets mad. –Imelda Valdivia,grape worker
One foreman carries a gun on his side to scare the workers. — Alejandro Gil,cotton worker
They would never take us water. We had to take our own water. –Gaspar Silva,vegetable worker
Sometimes full days would go by and they would never bring the bathrooms. —Pedro Zapien, vegetable worker
They place the water on top of a box or on a tailgate of a pickup truck and when a worker goes to drink water, the heat is unbearable. –Eva Zenteno,grape worker
Last year people got sick and people fainted. They had no water and needed breaks. –Jorge Rodriguez,almond worker
Being without water is dangerous. We are not camels that can be working without water. — Jairo Salin Salosairo Luquez, grape worker
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