“It’s like revenge; she wants to corner me, she wants me to quit, she wants my coworkers to laugh at me, she wants my coworkers to stop talking to me.” -Angel Aragon, Ruby Ridge worker, discussing owner Ruby.
When Angel Aragon, the father of 3 children and a Ruby Ridge worker since 2008, went in to work one evening, he noticed that posted on the wall was the declaration in which he exposed the abuses that are being committed at Ruby Ridge. He knew it meant the beginning of worse things to come.
“It’s like she’s taunting me. It’s so that my coworkers will think less of me, so that they won’t hang out with me, so that they see me as a person who caused them problems. She wants them to think less of me.”
Angel tells us that when owner Ruby Bengen found out that Angel was fighting for union representation in order to improve his working conditions, she retaliated by reducing his pay by twenty five cents per hour. Since 2008, Angel has not received a wage increase, nor has he been restored the twenty five cents per hour which were reduced from his pay. “I’m not going to have the same resources for my sons, my three sons. One of them is 5 years old, the other is 3, and the third one is only 2 years old.”
Angel reports that Ruby Bengen has retaliated against Angel by assigning him the most difficult position in the company.
We’ve brought reports like Angel’s to Darigold’s attention in the past but to date they’ve taken no action that ensures Ruby Ridge workers like Angel are treated respectfully.
“In the milker position you don’t have time to eat anything. You don’t have any time to rest—not even two or three minutes. You’re always walking and walking and walking and you don’t stop. You only have a certain time period to accomplish the work and if you don’t she gets mad.”
“She asked me how I could ask her for a better position when I had caused her problems.”
“It’s like revenge; she wants to corner me, she wants me to quit, she wants my coworkers to laugh at me, she wants my coworkers to stop talking to me.” -Angel Aragon, Ruby Ridge worker, discussing owner Ruby.
