But a very great hardship is suffered by those who are neither covered by a minimum wage law or unemployment compensation. This fact. unfortunately is not widely understood. It means that even if a State minimum wage law were enacted Immediately. migrant farmworkers. for example. would still be exposed to lengthy periods of unemployment without any unemployment compensation. Migrant farmwork. of course. is seasonal. and thus these workers suffer a double hardship in Texas: no minimum wage law. and no unemployment compensation. The wages that are paid to migrant farmworkers in Texas. by the way are abominably low. Some men earn less than 30 cents an hour. and they ate forced to enlist their entire families. women and children. in the fields in order to scratch out a living. I was asked to address the marchers upon the completion of their journey at the State capitol.
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