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  • The Dirty Business Of Turning This Latino Farmworker Town Into A Toxic Wasteland

    **Update via  The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment

    Last Friday we submitted over 4,900 signatures and comments to the Department of Toxic Substances Control letting them know we aren't ok with Kettleman City being our state's dumping ground! Thank you to everyone who signed and the folks at Cuéntame for speaking up for what is right. We will keep you posted on the future of the dump's permit to expand by a whopping 50% (it is already the largest hazardous waste dump this side of the Mississippi River!)


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    Kettleman City is a rural, majority Latino and farmworker community halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is home to the largest hazardous waste dump this side of the Mississippi and to shockingly high rates of childhood cancer, birth defects and miscarriages - two facts residents believe to be connected. WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO EXPOSÉ.

     

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  • signed I Pledge Support Wal-Mart Workers on Black Friday via 2012-11-22 10:24:19 -0800
    Total support from England. At this time our own Government are aggressively hacking away at our working rights too. Government legislation has castrated our unions, pay rates are poor, and now they intend to allow employers to fire any employee at the drop of a hat, no reason required. This is a global fight and I stand with you. Good luck.

    I Pledge to Support Wal-Mart Workers On Black Friday

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    Help make change by holding Walmart corporate managers accountable to hourly employees and the public for their practices. Join with community leaders in major cities across America to make sure that any new jobs offered by Walmart meet strong standards for healthy, growing communities. 

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