Session #101 · 1989–91

Speech #1010101719

Mr. President. the basic theme of my good friend from Texas is that. seasonal and migrant workers are treated differently in agriculture than otherwise they might be treated in other seasonal industries. and asks why agricultural workers should be different from industrial workers. Mr. President. there is a very basic and fundamental reason for that. Since the passage of the Minimum Wage Act. we have treated agricultural workers differently than industrial workers. There are 1.800.000 farmers or farmworkers. One million of them are not covered by the minimum wage whatsoever. They can pay them anything. zero cents. 30 cents. 50 cents. 75 cents an hour.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1989-11-06
Speech ID
1010101719
Paragraph
#0
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