Long growing seasons, access to the Colorado River, and abundant sunlight all contribute to Yuma’s agricultural advantage. However, the crops don’t grow and get harvested on their own.
A workers are at the total mercy of employers who control their livelihoods through the visas they obtain for their employees ...
“Farm workers, and all our neighbors in Kern County ... dozens of long-term residents of Kern County are now stranded in Mexico, far from their homes and the families, jobs, and communities that need ...
FRESNO, Calif. - The United States Department of Labor Secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is suing a San Joaquin Valley farming ...
Mercedes Falk is the president of the Wisconsin-based organization Puentes/Bridges, which leads the trips. Cole Hoscheit is a ...
VERACRUZ, MEXICO — John Rosenow climbed into a pickup truck in Zongolica, a small city in rural southern Mexico, squeezing into the front with several friends and relatives from Wisconsin and ...
United Farm Workers has spoken with valley citrus ... proceedings by heavily pressuring them to be voluntarily removed to Mexico, sometimes within hours of being detained. The UFW is dedicated ...
"We have to stay hidden," Lourdes Cardenas, a 62-year-old Mexican living in the city of Fresno ... That is why for the United Farm Workers, the largest farm workers' union in the United States, the ...
Dismantling USAID and freezing USDA support for H-2A worker programs mean farmers face a season of uncertainty.
"We have to stay hidden," Lourdes Cardenas, a 62-year-old Mexican living in the city of Fresno ... as California alone relies on undocumented workers for 75% of its farm labor, according to the ...
Humberto Gomez, a retired United Farm Workers organizer, said that raids happened frequently ... resulting in the deportation ...