businesses get it and now how important it is for the vitality of america and endorsed by the afl-cio, so labor understands it also. we thank both labor and business community for supporting the immigration bill. [applause] so, nick, you ve been involved in ufcw, packing house workers and stuff, and it s been my experience as i toured them, and i didn t work in them like durbin did. he was a meat cutter in packing houses, but as i ve traveled around, i see more and more of the latino community working in our packing houses and meat cutting places you represent. tell us about that. i m with local cw222 from northwest iowa. we have a packing house in cherokee, iowa, and dakota city, nebraska. too together, that s roughly close to 5,000 employee, and 75% of them are latino. 75%? yes, yes, so 75% of the membership who we represent are latino and immigrant workers, so, again, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, of the panel and audience, senators, i m honored to be here t
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