Publix draws protest over tomato-worker pay, conditions
Story Date: 3/7/2014

Source: Ely Portillo, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/5/14

Farmworkers and labor organizers plan to protest Thursday morning at the new Publix supermarket in Ballantyne, hoping to force higher wages and better conditions for Florida-based tomato workers.

The Publix store, Charlotte’s first, opened last week.


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