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On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
I have a love-hate relationship with our canneries. I love them because they provide jobs for our people, but I have very serious problems with the way they went about making business.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

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Faleomavaega expresses mixed feelings about canneries providing jobs yet exploiting workers.

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