Farm Workers
The cross-border farmworker rebellion
November 2, 2018"We produce what the whole society eats and drinks. So this work should be recognized and well paid. If we unite and get organized, we can achieve these things."
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Arturo S. Rodriguez de la UFW se retira y será remplazado por Teresa Romero
August 28, 2018Arturo S. Rodríguez cede su puesto como presidente de la UFW después de 25 años de ayudar a incrementar los salarios y lograr progresos para los campesinos/as; reemplazado por Teresa Romero, la primera mujer latina e...
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Farmworkers say new Oregon pesticide standards only benefit growers
July 20, 2018Ramon Ramirez, a farmworker leader in Oregon, says “the rule changes favor the growers rather than the people who pick the crops."
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Salinas farm workers march to oppose immigration raids
April 17, 2018Over a thousand farm workers and allies filled the streets of its working-class barrio to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
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Today in labor history: United Farm Workers launch the lettuce boycott
August 24, 2015Forty-five years ago on this date, UFW Organizing Committee leader César Chávez called for a consumer boycott of lettuce.
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