Why target the cooler corporations? They don directly employ the strawberry workers, do they?
Legally, the cooler companies usually do not directly employ the workers. Yet, this handful of large corporations dominate the strawberry growers. They cool strawberries after they are picked. They control prices, shipping and marketing, plus how much workers are paid, whether they get benefits and how they are treated. The cooler companies should acknowledge they control the industry, be held accountable for the abuses they create and be encouraged to help improve conditions for strawberry workers.
