Let's give a shout out to the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables.
Mandemosle un saludo a la gente que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
#WeFeedYou#LaborDay
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Feliz Cumpleaños Dolores Huerta, 🎉 born April 10, 1930, in a small mining town in northern #NewMexico, found her calling as an organizer & leader in #Stockton with the CSO & continues the mission to organize communities through @DoloresHuertaFD. #sisepuede
VICTORY!
Congratulations to all Sweet Flower employees for approving their very first union contract with @UFCW770! With just under two years in the making, these workers stood together in solidarity through many obstacles to accomplish this amazing agreement.
"We do the work that machines cannot" says Sonia, a farm worker in Georgia. In this video she works on an irrigation system.
Essential farm workers like Sonia deserve good wages & human dignity. That’s why we oppose @Ossoff’s bill (S.874) to cut farm worker wages. @SenOssoff
In partnership with The City, LA Sanitation and Community Health Councils, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council would like to announce The Food Rescue Grants, a two part funding opportunity which will support food recovery in Los Angeles.
Esmeralda is pruning blueberries. She shares the freezing temps are hard on her body, but without fail she and her coworkers show up day in and day out. She is proud that her work puts fruit on America's tables. #WeFeedYou
Elias takes a break from working on the irrigation system in the vegetable fields of Salinas CA. He has been a farm worker for the last 30 years, working 10 hours a day Monday through Saturday. #WeFeedYou
Alejandrina is a farm worker from Selma CA. She is currently making raisins, which is among the dirtiest and lowest paying jobs out there. She deals with temps above 100, sticky sugar grape residue, and hot sand and earns only 34 cents for each sheet of raisins. #WeFeedYou
Humberto was a UFW organizer back when Cesar Chavez was around. Today he marches w/ Cesar’s grandsons Cesar & Andres Chavez. Cesar is the Digital Strategy Dir. for the @Chavez_Fndn, which owns Chavez Radio Network. Andres is Executive Director of @NatlChavezCtr.
Let's go @UFWupdates! Rolling into Calwa after a grueling 19 mile day on the road. Currently 97° out. About 59 folks from @UNITEHERE11 joining in solidarity on this leg.
On Aug. 3rd, farm workers will launch a 24-day, 335-mile "March for the Governor's Signature" from the UFW's historic Delano CA 40 Acres. They will arrive Aug. 26th at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Learn more & sign up to join us @ https://t.co/Veo4UjNHZE #AB2183#WeFeedYou
As temps exceeded 100 degrees in WA, farm worker leaders like Jesus & Angela spent time visiting the fields to inform workers about the new WA state emergency heat rules. Unfortunately most of the workers didn’t even know these rules are in place. #CALOR#WeFeedYou