farm worker
North Carolina needed 6,500 farm workers. Only 7 Americans stuck it out.
*Why you should read this: Because there’s a punchline here that not everyone will get. VL By Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post (4.5 minute read) When I talked to […]
How this son of migrant farm workers became an astronaut
*I don’t like to bandy the “must read” tag to get folks to read something. In this case, though, I read the article and felt good after. So I’ll say it’s […]
Surviving the Drought in California: Farm Workers Struggle to Put Food on the Table
*”If there’s no water, there’s no work. This is huge problem for a mother.” – Enedina Bibanco, California farmworker. VL By Dyan Ruiz and Joseph Smooke, New America Media [tweet_dis]Undocumented […]
Salvador Mendoza: From migrant farm worker to federal judge
By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi Salvador Mendoza, Jr., who grew up as a migrant farm worker, will become the first Latino federal judge in Eastern Washington. The Senate confirmed Mendoza on Tuesday […]
Urban Outfitters will remove César Chávez United Farm Workers logo shirts from stores
By Nina Terrero, NBCLatino They say that fashion trends are cyclical in nature, but hipster chain Urban Outfitters will no longer be selling denim shirts with a logo extremely similar […]
Thanksgiving Made Possible By Immigrant Farm Workers
By Roque Planas, Huffnigton Post Latino Voices When giving thanks for a Thanksgiving meal, there’s one group who deserves a disproportionate amount of gratitude: the farm workers of the United […]
Celebrating Chávez Monument, But Where Are Farm Workers Now?
By Ivan Delgado, Aurora Saldivar, Johnny Flores, New America Media KEENE, Calif. — On October 8, 2012, over 6,000 people descended upon Villa La Paz — the home, operational headquarters and […]
Female Farm Workers Often Victims Of Sexual Violence
By Kalyn Belsha, Voxxi Female farm workers in the United States are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence and harassment, a report from Human Rights Watch released May 16 found. The advocacy organization is calling on […]
United Farm Workers of America Endorses President Obama
The United Farm Workers of America endorsed President Barack Obama at a rally in Los Angeles today. UFW President Arturo Rodriguez said: “We are proud to endorse President Obama in this […]
Georgia Sees Immigrant Farm Workers Aren’t So Replaceable
The state-run program in Georgia that puts the probation population to work in farms to make up for the shortage of farm laborers in the wake of an anti-immigrant law […]