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Striking warehouse workers in California connect struggle with Negros sugar workers
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Majority of the sugar processed at the factory in Crockett, California comes from Negros Occidental.
“It [Sugar] comes with the price of blood and exploitation of workers both in the Philippines and the Bay Area,” said the worker.
C&H refused the union’s proposal, and countered with a deal that cut back on retiree health benefits.
“C&H Sugar directly benefits from the suppression of farmworkers in Negros and other parts of the world,” said Calbreath.
However, despite the violent conditions that farm workers face in Negros, Dolor emphasized how they continue to organize and fight back.