Twenty years ago, he hopped a border fence from Mexico into the United States and became a migrant farmworker.

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Gregory Schell, a labour lawyer with the Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, tells of his efforts over the years to help migrant workers at both firms.

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"We're not seeing a dramatic escalation in wages so I discount the worker shortage a bit, " said Rob Williams, director of the Florida Migrant Farmworker Justice Project.

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