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'Migrant workers ready, willing and able to march and tell their story of abuse, injustice and false hopes of making a better life.'
Chatham (12 Jan. 2011) - A photograph taken last fall at a farm workers' "pilgrimage to freedom'' march in Essex County has been chosen LabourStart labour photo of the year.
The local migrant worker advocacy group, Friends of Farmworkers, participated in the event. The photo was taken by Gerardo Correa, a migrant worker from Uruguay.
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"We started the march before dawn that day with migrant workers ready, willing and able to march and tell their story of abuse, injustice and false hopes of making a better life doing the jobs that Canadians can't or won't do,'' Derry McKeever, a spokesman for the group, told the Chatham News.
He said many people marched as far as they could with support but migrant workers stayed strong, walking well after dark along streets and roads of Essex and Windsor.
LabourStart aggregates and distributes news and information about labour issues and collective bargaining. A contest for the best labour photo of the year has been held since 2008.
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