On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
The gross sales of these canneries were well over $100 billion in gross sales, and for that period of time, the people were being paid $2 an hour, $3 hour an hour for this 50-year period.
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Faleomavaega highlights the disparity between canneries' profits and workers' low wages.
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