The Prisoners Of Florida

Thousands of farmers suffer meager pay all around the country. However, one group of farmers decided to do something about it. From Immokalee, Florida, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have risen up and taken their fate into their own hands. This travesty is so rotten, deceitful and shameful, that I feel dirty just for knowing about it, and so should you. However, this is not a new story. Ever since the great wage depression in the West during those weird times between the Great Wars, farm workers have been getting sh*tty wages and false security.

The name of the game is shock value. The growers know that they have workers lined up around the corner for these jobs, so they can dangle that job under their noses while they have farmers working those jobs for meager wages. Once the farmers complain about their low wages, the growers can yank the job from from under them and offer it to other farmers for lower wages.

For pre-game points, growers like to start an auction of sorts. They like to see how low they can drive wages without actually doing anything. They lay back with their hands behind their heads while workers each come forward with lower and lower wage offerings.

The grower steps out of the exit door and faces the large crowd of gathered migrant workers. "Okay," he yells, "I have some tomatoes that need pickin', how many of you want to pick 'em?" Person after person jumps to the front with an offer, only to be pushed back by someone with a lower wage offering.
"I'll work for 2 dollars a bucket!" screams an over-eager worker.