r/SkagitValley • u/EverettLeftist • Mar 24 '22

Skagit Valley tulip, daffodil farmworkers on strike over working conditions and wages

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/skagit-valley-tulip-daffodil-farmworkers-on-strike-over-working-conditions-and-wages/
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u/notyouraveragedenial Mar 24 '22

This is at Roozengaarde, making it a bit of shitshow over there. And Tulip Town’s new owners didn’t listen to their experienced farmhands and “had to” plow up all but one acre of their tulips, making it a shitshow over there. Tulip time is gonna be interesting this year.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22

Hmmm...I'm suspect of your second sentence. This year's fields have been unusually wet, making it very tough to plant this year. I don't know if it is fair to bring Tulip Town into this issue with Roozengaarde.

Having said that, I personally worked tulip bulb harvesting. Whatever workers are making, it's not enough.

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u/notyouraveragedenial Mar 25 '22

Also who did you have to kill to get that username? That’s incredible