Day 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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