🚨OK JORTSDOM: I need ALL of you to step up for farm workers. On Cesar Chavez Day (3/31) United Farm Workers asked CA Governor Newsom to meet with them… and HE SAID NO.
They have a really important message, so we have to help them be heard. They feed us!
What could POSSIBLY be more important on Cesar Chavez Day than meeting with the farm workers?!
Here’s a link where you can find and sign up for your local action on March 31. If the events aren’t local, join remotely or have your OWN event where you are! bit.ly/jortsUFW
Days like Cesar Chavez Day can turn into a mess of vague lip service instead of a day of service and action.
Set a calendar reminder for 3/31 to boost what the farmworker movement is doing now, with the union Cesar Chavez helped found. Sign up here: bit.ly/jortsUFW
If you eat food you are simply obligated to stand up for the people who feed us. They’re already excluded from so many protections and now the governor won’t even meet them on their OWN DAY 😤 #WeFeedYou
PS Jean said my spelling was fine but that it’s better not to call anyone a dirtbag when the workers are trying to be dignified so I took that part out 😇
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I met a friend of mine because they DMed me asking about their job. They were quitting soon, but they knew their coworkers couldn’t quit. They were experiencing labor abuse and wage theft. “Before I quit,” they asked, “how can I help my coworkers?”
They read up on their state laws about last paychecks. They talked to their local wage and hour agency for advice. They gathered screenshots and emails and other documents.
They talked privately to their coworkers to get their contact info. Then, they quit. (Because they could)
Their boss didn’t even do the last paycheck stuff right, so it will add to their claim. Then they filed a wage and hour complaint. Their local agency had already given advice, and they opened an investigation. It makes a difference, it really does.
Wage theft is the most expensive crime in the USA. Fifteeen BILLION dollars are stolen from American workers per year. What is wage theft, and why is this still happening? 1/
Wage theft is when workers aren’t paid the full amount they are owed. For example if you aren’t paid for the full time you work when you have to come early, wait around, or stay late. It’s STEALING from you vice.com/en/article/qjp…
You also hear about “effective minimum wage” in this context. That means the “effective” wage paid doesn’t meet the legal minimum. Maybe for reasons like working late, or other reasons like a “piece rate” that doesn’t actually add up to minimum wage. nfwm.org/farm-workers/f…
A worker in the HR department could be your friend, but the HR department isn’t your friend.
Ask any worker in an HR department with a bad boss
HR means Human Resources. Not like resources for you, the worker. That means it’s their job to manage the company’s Human Resources. Workers are the asset.