Bike Delivery in Seville
On a rainy afternoon a community center in Seville was filled with smiles and laughs. Seville is a farm worker community in Florida, located about 2 h... Read More »
Sign a petition to keep Hector home!
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION ON BEHALF OF HECTOR! HECTOR WAS JUST RELEASED FROM THE ICE DETENTION FACILITY AND HE WAS GRANTED A YEAR OF STAY! WE CO... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Victory: Hector Maniau is Home!
Hector Maniau and his family have been active with NFWM/YAYA for almost two years. His family contacted me when we were coordinating a group to attend... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Keep Hector in the US with his family!
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION ON BEHALF OF HECTOR! HECTOR WAS JUST RELEASED FROM THE ICE DETENTION FACILITY AND HE WAS GRANTED A YEAR OF STAY! WE CO... Read More »
Tags: Florida, Immigration
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Soccer Field Inauguration!
On October 1st, 2011, Farm Worker Self-Help held a gathering in Dade city, introducing new soccer field property to various families and supporters. ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida, Soccer
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Viva la Causa!
On Monday, September 26, 2011 YAYA hosted a movie screening of “Viva La Causa” at the Ethos restaurant with the YCL with 20 attendees. The screeni... Read More »
Tags: California, Farm Workers, Florida, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Tell Reynolds that farmworkers deserve basic rights!
A message from Oxfam America and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee: If you are a farmworker in America, chances are you won’t live to be 50. That... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Oxfam & FLOC Release New Report
[caption id="attachment_1388" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Photo of a tobacco worker featured in Oxfams "A State of Fear" report.... Read More »
Tags: FLOC, North Carolina
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Take Action for Ruby Ridge Workers!
A message from United Farm Workers: Twenty two past and current Ruby Ridge Dairy workers are suing the dairy for a variety of reasons, including not ... Read More »
Tags: Darigold, Farm Workers, Oregon, Ruby Ridge Dairy, UFW, United Farm Workers, Washington State
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Fair Food Summit in Immokalee
On September 15, 2011, Orlando YAYA members Nicole Godreau, Leslie Cordero and I piled into a car with NFWM staff Bert Perry to make the 3.5 hour driv... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida
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