Raul and Hilda Rodrieguez

Raul Rodrieguez and his 12-year-old daughter lived through a fall off of a bridge. He won the fight for his life, now he and wife Hilda are struggling for their jobs and dignity.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa  
The place where he worked says he quit as he lay in a Mexican hospital. Raul Rodrieguez was seriously injured, and under a doctor's care for over two months after driving off of a bridge. There was no sign that the bridge was out and Raul and his daughter were lucky to survive a 30 ft. fall. But now he and his family are in a battle with a Swift Company meatpacking plant.

Beyond their personal plight, Raul and Hilda are really motivated by a bigger issue, said organizer Anna Galovich, who works with Latinos en Accion de CCI. "They want to stop this discriminatory firing and throwing people away that Swift does," she said.

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