Film Screening w/ St. Pete for Peace
On July 27, 8:30 pm, YAYA and St. Pete for Peace showed two, very touching, short films to raise awareness for the farmworkers' struggle that continue... Read More »
Tag Archives: United Farm Workers
California Governor Brown Vetoes Farm Worker Bill
By Virginia Nesmith, June 29, 2011 National Farm Worker Ministry staff member Lucy Boutte was present with the United Farm Workers for the last 12 d... Read More »
Tags: California, Governor Brown, Lucy Boutte, NFWM, SB 104, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Groundbreaking Report on U.S. Farm Labor Released
Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation and United Farm Workers Release Groundbreaking Report on U.S. Farm Labor (Palo Alto, California) - More and... Read More »
Tags: Bon Appetit, United Farm Workers
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Planting Seeds for Global Work
Virginia Nesmith, Executive Director of NFWM, was among the participants at the First International Global Agricultural Industry and Waged Agricultur... Read More »
Tags: California, United Farm Workers
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NFWM California visits Giumarra fields to share shade and hope
A Giumarra worker points out what his foreman usually provides him for shade: one tattered black tarp draped over a few vine rows, underneath which, ... Read More »
Tags: California, United Farm Workers
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2010's Farm Worker Awareness Week
2010's Farm Worker Awareness Week was an exciting opportunity for YAYA members to bring awareness about the farm worker movement to their communities.... Read More »
Farm Worker Panel at Evergreen University
On March 30th Evergreen YAYAs, along with the Evergreen Labor Center, Center for Community Based Learning and Action, and four academic programs, spon... Read More »
Tags: Darigold, farm, Farm Worker Awareness Week, Ruby Ridge Dairy, UFW, United Farm Workers, Washington State
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President Obama Issues Proclamation Honoring Cesar Chavez
On the anniversary of Cesar Chavez’s birthday, March 31, President Barak Obama met with UFW President Arturo S. Rodriquez, UFW co-founder Dolores Hu... Read More »
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Obama, United Farm Workers
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Take Action to End Inhumane Treatment of Farm Workers in the Fields of Giumarra/Nature’s Partner
Here at National Farm Worker Ministry, we were dismayed to learn about the inhumane behavior of Giumarra--the world's largest table grape company, who... Read More »
Tags: California, Giumarra, United Farm Workers
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Farm Worker Heat Deaths in California Highlighted in Interfaith Vigil
On Tuesday, July 28th, about 200 farm worker supporters, including members of clergy from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim faith traditions g... Read More »
Tags: ACLU, California, heat deaths, United Farm Workers
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