‘Unprecedented’ Lawsuit May Roll Back Farmworker Union Wins From 2023
From today’s Sacramento Bee: A Kern County decision handed down earlier this month could be the first step in an industry-wide effort to overturn a 2023 California law making it…
Florida Governor Blocks Heat Protections for Workers Right Before Summer
From today’s NPR News: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law that prevents cities or counties from creating protections for workers who labor in the state’s often extreme and…
Remembering Cesar Chavez, and Picking Up Where He Left Off for Farm Worker Rights
From today’s CBS News: Friday was Cesar Chavez Day, and thousands across the country remembered all the work he did for farm worker rights — and all the work that…
Can the United Farm Workers Rise Again?
From today’s New York Times: Veronica Mota marched under the sweltering sun, hoisting a cloth banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe above her head for miles. “Sí, se puede,” she…
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California pays homage today to another American hero with a complex legacy
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Let me tell you about an American hero whom the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education might find, um, troublesome. He opposed undocumented…
As Immigrant Farmworkers Become More Scarce, Robots Replace Humans
From today’s New York Times: As a boy, Abel Montoya remembers his father arriving home from the lettuce fields each evening, the picture of exhaustion, mud caked knee-high on his…