Tell Threemile not to renege on card check election deal
Last month, Threemile Canyon Farms in eastern Oregon signed a historic neutrality agreement with the United Farm Workers. Threemile agreed to negotiate a contract with the union when a majority of its...
View ArticleThreemile puts pregnant woman at risk. Please help.
This will make you angry. Threemile Canyon Farms in eastern Oregon is back to its shameful behavior of discrimination against women. Threemile's latest intimidation of women is to avoid providing them...
View ArticleJoin workers in getting 15,000 signatures for Krug Mondavi Boycott
Sign the Boycott C.K. Mondavi and Charles Krug Wines online petition Please help workers reach their goal of 15,000 signatures by Nov. 21! Fired Charles Krug-Mondavi workers are calling for a...
View ArticleTell Congress it's time to get farm worker input on e-coli outbreaks
http://www.ufwaction.org/... Tell Congress it's time to get farm worker input on e-coli outbreaks In recent months, there have been numerous alarming stories in the news media about occurrences of...
View ArticleTell Congress to raise the minimum wage. Vote is Today!
The American people spoke loud and clear last Election Day. Thanks to your voice, we have a new Congress. Now, please tell our new Congress--after 10 long years it is time to raise the minimum wage. On...
View ArticleHelp frozen-out farm workers get relief
The news is full of stories about the freeze and how California's multimillion dollar citrus crop is being hit hard. The harsh January freeze that ravaged California citrus also damaged strawberries,...
View ArticleWas farm worker death caused by negligence? Tell Cal OSHA to conduct a...
TAKE ACTION & SEND YOUR E-MAIL TODAY! We need your immediate help. 54-year old Eladio Hernandez died while working under the scorching California sun. He was working for the farm labor contractor...
View ArticleDozens of farm workers exposed to toxic pesticide Chlorpyrifos...send your...
Farm workers need you to e-mail the California Department of Pesticide Regulations immediately. More than 75 workers were laboring in the grapes last Saturday, when the adjacent almond orchard was...
View ArticleA farm worker town with more pollution than LA or NY?
In past emails we've shared the conditions farm workers endure during the day--heat, abuse and pesticides. In addition, many farm workers must labor outdoors in unhealthy conditions. But the exposure...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION: EPA Approves Toxic Pesticide Despite Protests of 54 Scientists
http://www.ufwaction.org/... Do you want to help pregnant women, farm workers, and young children from being exposed to a toxic, mutagenic pesticide? Well, you can. We need you to contact the...
View ArticleTake Action: Stop toxic methyl iodide from being used in California
E-mail CA officials today! We just told you how the EPA approved the use of methyl iodide--a dangerous toxic, mutagenic pesticide. Thousands of you responded and took action – thank you! EPA is still...
View ArticleWorking Under the Gun...Literally
http://www.ufwaction.org/... Working Under The Gun It’s Not Just an Expression Workers of Starrh and Starrh Cotton Growers--a large cotton, hay, and almond producer in California—need your help. They...
View ArticleBush Administration H2A Proposal is Nothing More Than Gutting of Existing...
Once again, the Bush Administration is attempting to strip away the few protections afforded to workers who harvest our nation’s crops. This week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced what it calls...
View ArticleNew Gov. Report Shows FDA Fails to Protect the Public
Food safety is of great importance to the UFW and its supporters. It's been in the headlines often because of this Feb. '08's beef recall and the Sept. '06 e-coli outbreak in the spinach that caused...
View ArticleHelp fight Arizona bill to ban ethnic student groups like MEChA, Black...
Help fight Ariz. bill to ban ethnic student groups like MEChA, Black Business Students Assoc. Multiculturalism is a basic American concept. We value the beliefs, traditions, customs, arts, history and...
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17 yr. old farm worker who died of heat stroke connected to "Two-Buck Chuck."
TAKE ACTION TODAY! We told you about the tragic death of 17-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez who died while laboring in a Stockton area vineyard in 100 plus degree heat. According to a Wednesday...
View ArticleAnother farm worker just died from heat stroke.
E-mail Gov. Schwarzenegger today! I need to share some news with you that breaks my heart.Yesterday another farm worker’s life was lost due to heat stroke. Abdon Felix Garcia was the third farm worker...
View ArticleUFW Unveils New, Multilingual Website on Labor Day Weekend
The UFW is excited to announce the launch of our new multilingual website at www.ufw.org. The site features a stand-alone Spanish-language website & a condensed Thai-language site to better serve...
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Farm worker families desperately need your help for safe drinking water
Approximately 200 farm workers and their families live in the 49 units at the Rafael L. Silva Migrant Family Housing Center in Los Banos, CA. These workers don’t have access to safe drinking water....
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Help farmworkers: Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes AB 2386, secret ballot election...
We need to share some very disappointing news with you and then ask you to e-mail Gov. Schwarzenegger and let him know how you feel. Last week, the Governor vetoed AB 2386, a vital bill to reform...
View ArticleDay 20 of Hunger Strike for Immigration Reform: Sign the Pledge to Vote and...
Message from UFW Vice President Diana Tellefson: Today I proudly join the hunger strike for immigration reform. On October 15th, nearly 100 people began one of the largest hunger strikes in American...
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Stop Bush Admin. From Gutting Farm Worker Protections
E-Mail the Department of Labor TODAY! We expect the Bush administration’s Department of Labor to shortly announce new guestworker (H2A) regulations. These regulations, if adopted, will gut existing...
View ArticleAsk President-Elect Obama not to let the outgoing Bush Admin Steal Farm...
The Bush Administration has released midnight regulation changes that make it easier for growers to slash the pay of domestic farm workers and hire imported foreign laborers instead of U.S. field...
View ArticleImmigration Reform for Farm Workers, the Most Practical Solution for America
Now more than ever a comprehensive U.S. immigration reform is key in helping rebuild our country and giving back American working families the prosperity and equality they deserve. When we allow a...
View ArticleJoin the Virtual May Day Immigration Reform March, May 1 March Location &...
Tomorrow, thousands across the country will march to demand that Congress do the right thing on immigration reform. This issue is vital to the UFW and to the farm workers we represent. Farm workers do...
View ArticleAgJOBS reintroduced in Congress today. Show your support.
Who are America's farm workers? You don't see them in the restaurants, grocery stores or farmers' markets where you buy your food. They are part of an invisible world where the food just appears on the...
View ArticleThis Water is for Display Only
Another Reason for the California Employee Free Choice Act Supposedly we have the water available, we have the shade available, we have bathrooms available but dare not use them for fear of being...
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New Cal-OSHA heat regs still won't work
On Saturday, we mourned the one-year anniversary of Jose Macarena Hernandez' death due to extreme heat. A veteran field worker, Jose died during record-breaking heat while harvesting squash in Santa...
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Request from Alma Felix on the anniversary of the heat death of her uncle
Please read this letter from Alma Felix, the niece of as farm worker who died due to heat and take action to help farm workers fight asbuses in the fields. Nearly a year ago I remember sitting at my...
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TAKE ACTION: Chemical industry urges CA gov to ignore science & approve...
Please take action today to protect farm workers and Californians who live in rural communities. The highly toxic, mutagenic, new pesticide methyl iodide is currently being given a comprehensive review...
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Pregnant farm workers exposed to pesticide drift while harvesting organic onions
"I am very afraid because I do not know what tomorrow will bring because I am four months pregnant and I worry for my unborn baby. Three days later [after being exposed to pesticide drift], I am still...
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Tell Texas not to remove Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall from school books
There is an education war going on in Texas that you need to know about and get involved with. The TX State Board of Education is currently preparing to adopt new social studies curriculum standards....
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Walmart's smiley face isn't smiling for Giumarra workers
Tell Walmart to stop its supplier Giumarra's unlawful behavior Walmart says it wants you to live better. But they apparently don't feel the same way about the workers who pick the grapes and other...
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Help Protect Children From Toxic Pesticides
Luis Medellin and his three little sisters, aged 5, 9 and 12, live in the middle of an orange grove in Lindsay, CA--a small farming town in the Central Valley. During the growing season, Luis and his...
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A small window to make big change: Urge EPA to protect farm worker kids.
Comment period ends March 5 SIGN OUR PETITION TO THE EPA TODAY! Children in farming communities are on the front lines every day because they live, play and learn near agricultural fields. Pesticides...
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Urge EPA to rethink toxic chemical after scientists say it can’t be...
"Adequate control of human exposure would be difficult, if not impossible." —CA Scientific Review Committee This is the time of year many talk about United Farm Workers’ founder Cesar Chavez. Cesar was...
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Demand jail time for heat death of 17-year old Maria Isabel
Please help. Quickly. You may remember the appalling story of 17-year old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez who died of heat stroke in 2008 while laboring in the scorching grape vineyards near Stockton. Her...
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Should manslaughter equal community service?
We urgently need your help to fight this travesty Time is running out and we need you to take action. March 9th is the hearing for the sentencing of the two people responsible for the heat death of...
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Tragic Death of Teen Farm Worker in 2008 Propels Uncle to Fight for Labor Rights
By Edgar Sanchez, Special to the UFW Doroteo Jimenez, a Lodi farm worker, remains outraged over the death of his niece Maria Isavel Vasquez Jimenez, a 17-year-old farm laborer. When Maria Isavel...
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The law lets kids do what??!
TAKE ACTION: Comment period just extended to December 1st. That’s right, in the US, children as young as twelve can legally work in the fields. They can pick your berries and even drive a tractor....
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