‘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…
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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Bill Expanding Undocumented Farm Workers’ Rights Gets Boost in Colorado
From today’s Denver Post: Lulu Guerrero wakes up at her home in Wiggins, sometimes as early as 3 a.m., to get out to the farm fields that spread across Weld…