End oppression in the tobacco fields
In September, YAYA took action with students at Florida International University in Miami to raise concerns about an urgent need for action from one o... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Union Organizers Fired at Pasco, Washington Dairy
By John Munson, Director Oregon Farm Worker Ministry Two workers active in an effort to form a union were fired over the weekend (August 15 - 16) b... Read More »
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NFWM Board in North Carolina to Support Tobacco Farm Workers
On Friday August 7th, the Board and Staff of the National Farm Worker Ministry were joined by NFWM supporters and clergy from North Carolina for a day... Read More »
Tags: FLOC, NFWM Board, North Carolina, Reynolds
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2009 NFWM Board Meeting in North Carolina
At the beginning of August I had the amazing opportunity of attending the National Farm Worker Ministry's board meeting in Ashborough, North Carolina.... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, NFWM
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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: California, Heat, United Farm Workers
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2009 ELCA Youth Gathering
YAYA would like to thank the Evangelican Lutheran Church in America for allowing us to take part in its 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering in the city of New O... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers
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LA Interfaith Vigil – July 28 – JOIN US!
Fifteen farm workers have died heat-related deaths since 2004. The law requires… water - shade - rest breaks - training. But the laws on t... Read More »
Tags: California, Heat
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Seventh Bicycle Delivery
On July 18th, as part of our Farm Worker Bicycle Drive, our friends and supporters from the St Augustine Bicycle Collective helped us fix and deliver ... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Active Women, Farm Workers, Florida
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YAYAs Demand "Real Food with Integrity" From Chipotle
Orlando YAYA members went to the Chipotle-sponsored screening of the movie "Food Inc", to educate people about the issues faced by tomato pickers and ... Read More »
Tags: Chipotle, CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida
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Youth and Young Adults Come Together in Los Angeles
On Thursday, July 9th, about 40 students from local high schools and colleges came together at Our Lady of the Angels (La Placita) Catholic Church for... Read More »
Tags: California, Farm Workers
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