LatinaLista — In California’s Central Valley, farming has deep roots. A third of all the produce — more than 230 different crops — grown in the United States are planted, nurtured and harvested in this region that receives nearly…
By David Bacon La Prensa San Diego When hundreds of people marched to the Los Angeles City Council last October, urging it to pass a resolution supporting a farm worker union fight taking place in California’s San Joaquin Valley,…
LatinaLista — Campaign: 2014 Student Farmworker Alliance Encuentro The Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) is a national network of students and youth organizing with farmworkers to build a new day of dignity and respect in the nation’s agricultural industry. Since 2000,…
By Karen Finney – UC Davis Futurity Federal agencies responsible for tracking workplace hazards fail to report 77 percent of the injuries and illnesses suffered by US agricultural workers and farmers. Researchers say the findings greatly reduce the chance…
By Osvaldo Lopez Rio Grande Guardian The rhythm of the crunching dry soil slowed and eventually came to a halt with a big crash. The girl’s uncle heard and crossed through three rows to find her motionless body face-up….
By Dennise Rocha Bilingual Weekly MANTECA, CA- Dozens of farm workers and community supporters gathered across from ACE Tomato company’s headquarters in Manteca on Tuesday, August 21st, to demanding the company to implement a fair contract. “The process has…
La Prensa San Diego To be Presented to Chicano Park for Their Forty Second Anniversary SAN DIEGO — Cesar Chavez once remarked that, “Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students….
By Dennise Rocha Bilingual Weekly SACRAMENTO, CA — AB 1544, the California Agricultural Jobs and Industry Stabilization Act of 2012 that would allow undocumented farm and service-sector workers to stay in California lawfully, was approved on Wednesday, April 18,…
LatinaLista — As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gets ready to step up their efforts targeting employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, according to a plan that was recently leaked to the Texas Tribune and titled “Strategic Priorities for…
