Dear Editor:
This is to request help from you to help Mexican immigrant employees that work for Moon Valley Nurseries. They are being treated and paid like slave labor. My husband is a white American who works for Moon Valley Nurseries as a delivery driver and has been trying to get better wages for the Mexican employees that work there. My husband has followed the chain of command and has spoken with his supervisors and the company's owner in order to get the Mexican immigrant employees better wages. The company officials are not interested in paying these Mexican workers better wages for all of their hard work. Some employees are paid only $55 per day regardless of the hours worked, which average 9-10 hours or more daily. Some employees are paid only $5.50/hour and work seven days and up to 90 hours per week with no overtime pay. They do not receive raises yearly as the company says it gives its employees. There are also no indoor bathroom facilities with running water at the Mesa location (McKellips Rd); there are only port-a-potties.
My husband has been gathering information from the Mexican immigrant workers in order to get better wages for them. He has copies of time cards and check stubs from some of the Mexican workers. The Mexican workers, of course, are afraid to speak up for themselves for fear of deportation - which they have been threatened with this week for speaking to my husband. My husband has done all he can to try and help them. We have contacted numerous state Representatives, state Senators, the Governor's office, newspapers, television stations, the Department of Labor, and others. My husband, our children, and I protested in front of Moon Valley Nursery on McKellips Rd. in Mesa this past Friday and Saturday. Shortly after we arrived home on Saturday, my husband was served with a Workplace Injunction that prevents him from contacting the Moon Valley Nursery by telephone or to come on or near its property. We need your help. These Mexican immigrants need your help. They need a voice that will stand up for them and let their voices be heard. Please do what you can to help them.
Teresa Miller and Shawn Miller
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