Lawmakers propose national historical park honoring Chávez, farmworker movement
The United Farm Workers labor union started in Kern County but it certainly didn't stop there — and neither would a national park that has been proposed to honor the organization, one of its historic ...
Yakima Valley workers urge boycott, protest Windmill mushrooms in Tacoma
The mushroom company and its previous owner have been at the center of complaints from farmworkers for years. Now organizers ...
Museum honors Daytona woman as one of the last-surviving real-life 'Rosie the Riveters'
The trailblazing female factory workers supported America's war by taking on jobs traditionally held by men so they could ...
Thousands march on Cesar Chavez Day for immigrant rights in Central California
Thousands of workers from across the state marched Monday in Delano in Kern County on Cesar Chavez Day in solidarity with ...
Leaders preach persistence at César Chávez Day celebration
Thousands of union members and their supporters marched through Delano, the historic home of the United Farm Workers union, in celebration of César Chávez Day on what would have been the late labor ...
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With Detention of Beloved Farmworker Organizer, ICE Comes for the Labor Movement
We believe he was targeted,” says the political director of the farmworker union that Alfredo Juarez helped to create.