LA City Council Backs UFW Contract
A Message from the LA Times: By Emily Alpert Reyes Hundreds of labor activists, farmworkers and their allies marched on Los Angeles City Hall... Read More »
Tag Archives: Farm Workers
2014 Central Florida VegFest
Once again, YAYA will be tabling at the annual Central Florida Vegetarian Festival from 10AM to 6PM at Orlando Festival Park! Come stop by and say hi ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Orlando, Solidarity, Vegans, Vegetarians
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Red Juvenil Tour in Orlando!
On Saturday, October 4 and Monday, October 6, YAYA had the pleasure of coordinating two events with the Feminist and Antimilitarist Youth Network (Red... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Immigration, Orlando, Solidarity
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The Film Fight for Water Got Us Thinking
Sometimes art surprises. We in YAYA were surprised by the film The Fight for Water: A Farmworker Struggle that we screened at the University Unitarian... Read More »
Tags: California, Farm Workers, Solidarity, Water
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Hold Safeway Accountable for Selling Prima!
A message from the United Farm Workers: "It's hard to believe it. Last Monday a neutral administrative judge began to hear testimony on indictments f... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Gerawan Farming, Prima, Solidarity, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Nationwide Logo Competition
National Farm Worker Ministry and the Youth and Young Adult Network are excited to announce the launch of a nationwide logo competition for young... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, History
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#2014Encuentro: Up, Up With the Fair Food Nation!
Consciousness plus commitment equals change is the equation that is now imbedded in my brain after learning from and building with the Coalition of Im... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets, Solidarity, Wendy's
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YAYA hosts Fight for Water film screening
On Thursday, October 2, 2014, Orlando YAYA will be hosting a movie screening for "The Fight For Water: A Farm Worker Struggle" In 2009, the Californ... Read More »
Tags: California, Farm Workers, Solidarity
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Respect, Recognition, Raise! Summer with FLOC
Respect, recognition, raise; those are the words I internalized all summer as part of the Union Summer Program in North Carolina. At first they seeme... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina
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Pa' Delante: My Experience with FLOC in the Fields of NC
This summer, a group of 15 interns and myself had the opportunity to work on the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's Respect, Recognition, and Raise cam... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina
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