One of a series of drawings made for teaching ESL classes. The series concentrates of farmworkers' lives and the benefits of the union.
"It's 5:00 and standing out on the sidewalk I can see the lights of the van grow brighter. It's only supposed to seat 15 people but there must be at least 25 and they still find space for my body. I can barely squeeze onto the wooden bench with my knees crunched against my chest. I look at the elders' faces and can't tell if the stone look is fatigue or resignation; all the same they sit silently. The smell is awful; the contractor didn't bother to wash yesterday's vomit out of the van. I keep imagining what would happen if we had an accident. At least the driver gets to wear a seatbelt." - CFU undercover organizer, 1988