GOVERNOR CRIST MEETS WITH FARMWORKERS!

In March the Peace and Justice Committee sought signatures from members of St. Boniface on a petition urging Gov. Crist to meet with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Gov. Christ did meet with them!  Here is a statement from him:

“I was deeply moved by what they had to say and we want to help them as much as we possibly can,” Crist said after the prolonged meeting that left subsequent appointments backed up in the governor’s waiting room.

Crist said he would soon issue a statement publicly addressing the issues brought forward by the group, which has called on growers to improve wages and working conditions for workers and crack down on practices that have led to seven federal convictions for modern day slavery in the past 10 years.

Read more details on the meeting and the events leading up to it.