Farm Workers
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...
Read moreFarmworkers 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."
Read moreSalinas 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.
Read moreToday 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.
Read moreTriqui migrants do the work, but want change
June 18, 2015"When I see people working in the field, I see a lack of equality. If it wasn't for them the crops wouldn't get grown or harvested."
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