Latina. Immigrant. President of the United Farm Workers. @UFWUpdates
Aug 19, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Last week a farm worker, a beloved husband and father, died while working in the heat, unprotected by a negligent employer.
Elidio Hernández was working in the tomatillos, told his supervisor he wasn't feeling well. When he collapsed, nobody called 911.
He died there in the fields, outside of Fresno. Other workers were directed to put him in a vehicle and take his body to the hospital and leave him there, dead.
And then, his supervisor did not report his death.
Jul 19, 2020 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Many people have asked why farm workers are joining with the @Mvmnt4BlkLives and other worker and racial justice allies tomorrow. My thoughts on this are complex yet so simple:
As a movement, we’ve learned that righteous protest relies on genuine solidarity.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to Cesar Chavez in 1966, early in the 5 yr long Delano grape strike. "Our separate struggles are really one—a struggle for freedom, for dignity, and for humanity.”
