Today the farm worker movement is out marching for #AB2183 and fair choices when organizing, free from fear and retaliation. This past Cesar Chavez Day we let California know we were ready to march.

California let us know we wouldn’t be marching alone. 🧵calmatters.org/california-div… Collage of photos of farm w...
We’re marching for @CAgovernor Newsom’s support of #AB2183. We deserve choices in how we access the democratic process of union elections.

As things are now, elections are held on the growers’ private property under the watchful eye of the employer. fresnobee.com/news/californi…
Rooted in a historic legacy of sacrifice and resilience, our march is also a step forward.

California is ready for a bold, inclusive labor movement that will meet workers where we’re at. Solidarity, no matter where we work or where we’re from. #AB2183 latimes.com/california/sto… Marchers in UFW and UNITE H...Nurses holding signs that s...
Every day of this grueling march, members of our union family have marched with us. Our communities have fed us, housed us, boosted our signal and cheered us on. Blessed by clergy and met with music, our sacrifice has been honored.
On August 26 we will reach Sacramento, taking our message right to the steps of the Capital. Thousands-strong by then, we will be tired from the journey but strengthened by our friends.

Sí, se puede. #AB2183
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Can you join us in Sacramento on Friday August 26 to demand Gavin Newsom’s support of #AB2183 and the Californians whose work feeds this nation? Will you join our movement’s march for that final mile?

Sign up to join us, or find other ways to support: ufw.org/camarch United Farm Workers March f...

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Aug 16
Ever wonder where broccoli in your cruidité comes from? This is how it’s harvested. #WeFeedYou
Check out this carrot harvest! FYI: Produce doesn’t show up in Wegman’s by magic.
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Our march continues to grow. As we march, our sights are set on Sacramento and on our right to vote in union elections without intimidation or fear.

@GavinNewsom, sign #AB2183. A woman in a sun hat leads ...
To follow our progress, to learn more about #AB2183, to join our march, or to donate: ufw.org/caagvotingchoi…
Farm workers are marching 335 miles across CA’s Central Valley. Today’s path covers 18 miles of that hot and dusty road. We arrive in Sacramento on Aug 26.

We demand @GavinNewsom’s support of workers like us who put food on America’s tables. #AB2183
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Nov 22, 2021
As you are shopping, prepping and preparing your Thanksgiving meals, we'd like you to know a little more about the work behind every ingredient and the people doing that work.

Here's a thread for everyone who wants to thank a farm worker this week. #WeFeedYou
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Esteban is paid minimum wage for his work in muddy, wet fields cutting pumpkin vines. Other workers will collect and sort the pumpkins by size.

Pumpkin (like okra and cucumber) has tiny hairs on the vines that are irritating to the skin and eyes.
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Sep 22, 2021
Just one day into farm workers’ march for Gov. @GavinNewsom’s signature, he has vetoed #AB616.

Workers are now marching towards the French Laundry, hoping to finally meet with the Governor.
Farm workers have been asking for a meeting with @CAgovernor since early June to discuss #AB616, without success.

AB616 would have allowed farm workers to form a union by casting a secret ballot in many of the same ways CA voters did in the recall. 2/
We will try again to meet with Gov. @GavinNewsom.

We will explain why this bill is as important to us as the Voting Choice Act was to the governor. #WeFeedYou
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Sep 22, 2021
BREAKING: Farm workers are launching a 260 mile march for @CAgovernor’s signature on #AB616, the Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act.
Starting under smoke-filled skies, the grueling march draws upon CA farm workers’ rich history and deep cultural and spiritual roots grounded in self-sacrifice. It will retrace much of the route as the historic Cesar Chavez-led 1966 march to Sacramento.
#AB616 would give farm workers the right to cast their ballot in many of the same ways that CA voters used to defeat the Republican-backed bid to oust Gov @GavinNewsom .
 
The 1975 ALRA allows workers to vote only at physical polling places, nearly always on growers’ property.
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Sep 6, 2021
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