时间:2024-09-20 05:33:38 来源:网络整理编辑:綜合
The people that pick your vegetables and harvest your fruit deserve to vote to unionize without bein
The people that pick your vegetables and harvest your fruit deserve to vote to unionize without being intimidated — and they want the governor of California to know it. This month, members of the United Farm Workers walked for 24 days, and their grueling 355 mile march in 100 degree weather was documented on TikTok and Instagram.
Their destination was the state Capitol building in Sacramento, where they are now protesting to convince California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would give them the right to vote to unionize via mail-in ballot. Bill AB 2183 has passed in the state legislature as of Aug. 29 and is awaiting a signature from Newsom. United Farm Workers says the bill would eliminate employer coercion and intimidation and allow farmworkers to organize to secure better working conditions.
SEE ALSO:The people supplying our food deserve more than thanks this holiday seasonNewsom had refused to signa version of the bill in September 2021, citing "various inconsistencies and procedural issues related to the collection and review of ballot cards."
Perhaps his opposition to this particular bill has something to do with the $14.5 million winery he just bought.
Farmworkers have always been an especially vulnerable group, given the uncertainty of many of their immigration statuses. According to KQED, there are almost half a million undocumented farmworkers in California alone. Their work involves intense physical labor, without protection from pesticides, heat, or dust. Some of it requires that they bend down for much of the day, leading to significant health problems. This is often the only work undocumented workers can find, and their pay is usually dependent on how much produce they can harvest a day.
After Newsom refused meetings with elected worker leaders to discuss the bill on Cesar Chavez Day (Mar 31), United Farm Workers announced the march. Its 355 miles trace the route Cesar Chavez walked in 1966 when he brought demands for worker's rights and protections to Sacramento. Chavez founded United Farm Workers in 1962.
This year's march began in Delano, California on Aug. 3 and concluded at the Capitol 24 days later, on Aug. 26. Along the way, many displays of support have been captured on social media by Flor Martinez, an activist and founder of farmworker-focused nonprofit Celebration Nation. Here are some of the most touching interactions:
View this post on Instagram
View this post on Instagram
Tweet may have been deleted
You can support United Farm Workers by learning more about their work or donating to them at ufw.org.
TopicsSocial Good
Two astronauts just installed a new parking spot on the International Space Station2024-09-20 05:18
不愧是你!拉莫斯巴黎第3戰即染紅 生涯28次被罰下2024-09-20 05:15
巴媒:高拉特不急於尋找下家 巴甲勁旅決定退出談判2024-09-20 04:42
環球足球獎官宣增設馬拉多納獎 為C羅量身打造 ?2024-09-20 04:33
Sound the alarms: Simone Biles finally met Zac Efron2024-09-20 04:16
巴媒:高拉特不急於尋找下家 巴甲勁旅決定退出談判2024-09-20 04:13
拜仁計劃將劉邵子洋外租 對其評價很高+有明確規劃2024-09-20 03:41
河北隊VS廣州城首發:三外援PK雙外援 黃政宇出戰2024-09-20 03:17
You can now play 'Solitaire' and 'Tic2024-09-20 03:16
海港戰略轉移目標足協杯 聯賽"保亞"之外想贏二番戰2024-09-20 02:47
U.S. pole vaulter skids to a halt for national anthem2024-09-20 05:30
工體改造複建主體結構封頂 2022年年底全麵完工2024-09-20 05:22
山東VS亞泰首發:莫伊塞斯PK埃裏克 費萊尼出戰2024-09-20 05:06
曝足協曾設法留住歸化 但艾克森洛國富未能與廣州隊達成一致2024-09-20 04:47
U.S. government issues warning on McDonald's recalled wearable devices2024-09-20 04:37
一老一小 ?C羅獲評最佳35+球員 哈蘭德拿的卻是U212024-09-20 03:54
來自國家的致敬!阿根廷杯金靴獎將改名為阿圭羅獎2024-09-20 03:32
張修維:球隊在精神上做好了準備 聽到球迷助威聲很有動力2024-09-20 03:24
Darth Vader is back. Why do we still care?2024-09-20 03:01
雙喜臨門 !登貝萊與女友完婚 下周將降薪續約巴薩2024-09-20 02:47