Familias Unidas

Familias Unidas por la Justicia is an independent union of more than 300 indigenous migrant farmworker families in Burlington, WA

[Errol Schweizer @grocery_nerd]

Farmworkers should be at the center of food system change. Edgar Franks of @FUJWashington on @CheckoutRadio . https://t.co/eKzDIMLV8r @HEAL_Food @tomphilpott @_RajPatel @AnnaCanning_ @fairworldprj @foodtechconnect @chloesorvino @FairFoodProgram @center4goodfood

[Front and Centered @frontandcenterd]

LISTEN to the last of our Crash #COP26 series with Jill Mangaliman & @edgarfranx to find out what went down! @LizDarrow of @FoodJusticeC2C joins the wrap up episode to discuss the local-to-global connection with frontline communities in WA & across the🌍! https://t.co/b2xmTHEqGV

[Labor Network for Sustainability @LN4S]

The voices of young workers–living on the frontlines of both the #ClimateCrisis and an economic recession–are rarely heard in discussions about climate.

We want to change that.

If you are under 35, please share your experience as a young worker: https://t.co/GJNxnec4av

[David Bacon @photos4justice]

“Tulare County During the Pandemic – The Hard Price of Poverty”, published by Capital and Main
just won the first place award from the
San Francisco Press Club 2021 awards.
Digital Media: Photography / Photo Series
First Place: David Bacon
https://t.co/rk7P2YcgFs

[Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) @foodchainworker]

Over 50 food and labor groups are asking @POTUS, @SecVilsack, and @JudiciaryDems to create just pathways to citizenship now.

CC: @AlianzaAgricola, @CATAMigrantes, @FUJWashington, @j4mw, @RMM_NY, @MigrantJustice, @WorkersCNY, @WorkerJusticeNY, @PVWC1, @DemSocialists, @Tamejavi

[The Nation @thenation]

When China’s farms industrialized, many small farmers sought to become purveyors of wild food. As big farms took up more land, the small farmers were forced to raise or hunt animals closer to the forests where the most exotic pathogens might reside. https://t.co/RfwVHTJwdD

[Nia Tero @NiaTero]

Earlier this summer, @knkxfm aired our #Seedcast episode featuring the family stories of Indigenous farmworkers from @FUJWashington. Thank you for sharing these stories!

If you missed it live on air, you can listen to the segments here: https://t.co/8zINul6SMU

[Community2Community @FoodJusticeC2C]

C2C works in solidarity with @WhatcomPJC. Register for their upcoming International Day of Peace event here: https://t.co/Qp1Z0Rbkkm

[Lilly Ana Fowler @LillyAFowler]

Part 2 of series on heat wave that killed 100s in Pacific NW this summer. Some have pointed out lack of WA state heat plan. But a plan isn’t foolproof. Vancouver, BC has had one for a decade & folks were waiting 10 hours for emergency room. Nearly 600 died https://t.co/y9TKizC7iL

[Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) @foodchainworker]

The #FWMA bows to the agricultural industry! During a global pandemic, it is unacceptable to say that this is the best we can do for farmworkers. @POTUS @JudiciaryDems This is the time to give farmworkers and their families immediate amnesty #OpposeFWMA #FarmworkersDeserveBetter

[Fair World Project @fairworldprj]

Must-read from the blueberry fields of New Jersey.
We believe that all people should have dignified livelihoods & that's why we're with @CATAMigrantes & the other @foodchainworker members who say #FarmworkersDeserveBetter & #OpposeFWMA

[The STAND @TheStandWA]

The new law includes a 3-year phase-in, which means all agricultural workers in Washington will earn overtime pay after they work 55 hours in a workweek in 2022, 48 hours in 2023, and 40 hours in 2024.
#1u #overtime @lniwa @UFWupdates @FUJWashington
https://t.co/aUHHUwT7BF

[Familias Unidas @FUJWashington]

Political Director Edgar will be representing the union on this state committee

[Familias Unidas @FUJWashington]

DACA Was Always DOA: Let's End It Now - Yasmin Nair. Interesting perspective. Why fight for crumbs when we should be thinking and acting bigger? https://t.co/vlzlg7MslN

[Familias Unidas @FUJWashington]

Doing a presentation with National Center for Farmworker Health on Sept. 22

[Food First @foodfirstorg]

The 2021 IPCC report uses "human influence" 32 times in locating the cause of accelerating climate change. Instead, let's blame capitalism and its undemocratic way of organizing society, which gives power to the elite few who generate profits and power from the climate crisis.

[frank news @FrankNewsUS]

"Trying to be friendly and gain political access has been a priority over organizing and demanding more.

If we really want to change things, then we need to take a step back and reevaluate where the farmworker movement is right now. " @edgarfranx

https://t.co/tKVqkk53Pa

[#xDissenter & @rurallefty.bsky.social @RuralLefty]

Been a longtime fan of @FinnriverCider in #WashingtonState. Grateful for their solidarity with Community to Community (https://t.co/eSitpIEzae), @FUJWashington, Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates. Read about it: https://t.co/pekHld7Rh7

Support:https://t.co/M7mWrmK8Lt

[Familias Unidas @FUJWashington]

Insight on immigration, Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and organizing

[frank news @FrankNewsUS]

"Trying to be friendly and gain political access has been a priority over organizing and demanding more.

If we really want to change things, then we need to take a step back and reevaluate where the farmworker movement is right now. " @edgarfranx

https://t.co/tKVqkk53Pa

[Familias Unidas @FUJWashington]

Thank you for @FinnriverCider for the solidarity. Let’s support them