🚨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! A graphic with an orange cat holding a United Farm Workers f
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 A graphic with an orange cat holding a United Farm Workers f
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 A photograph of farm workers holding UFW flags and signs alo
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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For HR, your humanity is literally the resource
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