Opinion Editor Juan Esparza Loera provides a glimpse of farm worker leader César E. Chávez and how people view his movement.
Marches and rallies across the state highlighted the role of immigrant workers “as the backbone of American society,” ...
Workers from the Yakima Valley crossed the Cascade Mountains this week to rally support for a boycott against a mushroom ...
Certification programs aim to use consumer pressure to ensure better conditions. Worker advocates are skeptical.
DELANO, Calif. — Carolina Sanchez joined the United Farm Workers union in 2016 after the blueberry farm where she worked changed the daily rate for each pound she picked. “They said if you don ...
As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working to influence legislation ...
Since then, the United Farm Workers has continued its work. Farmworkers in Arizona help sustain a $30.9 billion agricultural economy, working in the fields in Yuma and in other production in Pinal ...
The initiative was started by Oxfam America, Costco Wholesale and American labour union United Farm Workers around 2008. In 2015, EFI spun out into an independent non-profit organization that also ...