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sop

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2. From what I see most of the workers on construction and roofing projects in Florida are immigrants,

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Fri Apr 5, 2024, 07:05 AM

Apr 2024

and large corporate growers use immigrant labor almost exclusively. These employers have a plantation mentality, workers are often treated like beasts of burden. Mandatory heat breaks are too "woke," besides there's money to be made. DeSantis and his henchmen in the legislature might as well call this the Florida Overseer Bill.

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From what I see most of the workers on construction and roofing projects in Florida are immigrants, sop Apr 2024 #2

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