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...
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