Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers
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The organization that sprang from the grape fields found a home in the halls of power, in Sacramento and beyond.
Following sexual abuse allegations against labor leader Cesar Chavez, some local activists and state leaders want to make sure farm workers and victims are properly honored.
Mayor Karen Bass said she grew up admiring Cesar Chavez and the farm workers' movement and was hurt when she found out about the allegations.
As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.
Finding and retaining quality farm labor remains a challenge for family-owned farms. Experts share strategies to overcome hiring hurdles.
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United Farm Workers union to skip César Chávez Day after ‘profoundly shocking’ allegations
UFW hasn’t received direct information about the allegations, but it’s serious enough to the organization to pull back from Chávez, who co-founded the union.
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Mayor Karen Bass Signs Proclamation Renaming City’s Chávez Holiday `Farm Workers Day’
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Thursday signed a proclamation renaming the city’s Cesar Chávez Day holiday as “Farm Workers Day,” in light of sex assault allegations against the late labor leader. During a news conference at City Hall,
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California renames César Chávez Day to Farmworkers Day amid abuse allegations
LA officials as well as California legislative leaders are renaming César Chávez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual assault allegations against the late labor leader.
Since our organization, the Family Farm Defenders (FFD), began in the early 1990s, we knew that the fate of food and farm systems around the world are inexorably linked to one another. We witnessed how free trade deals uprooted people globally, depressing ...