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UFW: Fighting for farm worker rights since 1962. Si Se Puede! ® RT≠Endorsement. Press queries: media @ ufw . org

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Antonio has labored as a H-2A worker for the last 10 yrs in many crops including broccoli. He shares: Once our employer took the travel documents from our entire group of 400 workers in North Carolina. It also happened to 1000+ workers in Salinas CA.

Antonio has labored as a H-2A worker for the last 10 yrs in many crops including broccoli. He shares: Once our employer took the travel documents from our entire group of 400 workers in North Carolina. It also happened to 1000+ workers in Salinas CA. #WeFeedYou
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Arizonans deserve a Senator who knows the value of hard work.

Thank you United Farm Workers, I look forward to continuing to deliver for working families alongside you in the Senate.

Arizonans deserve a Senator who knows the value of hard work. Thank you @UFWupdates, I look forward to continuing to deliver for working families alongside you in the Senate.
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Antonio labors as a H-2A worker on CA's Central Coast harvesting many crops. He knows first hand how vulnerable workers are under the H-2A program. He shares: Sometimes we complained about food supplied, they said if we complained they would not hire us the next year.

Antonio labors as a H-2A worker on CA's Central Coast harvesting many crops. He knows first hand how vulnerable workers are under the H-2A program. He shares: Sometimes we complained about food supplied, they said if we complained they would not hire us the next year. #WeFeedYou
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Can you imagine doing this? This NY state apple worker spends 8-10 hours a day climbing up and down this rickety ladder balancing to prune the branches with a chainsaw.

Can you imagine doing this? This NY state apple worker spends 8-10 hours a day climbing up and down this rickety ladder balancing to prune the branches with a chainsaw. #WeFeedYou
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Today, on Innovation Day of National Parks Week, we celebrate the United Farm Workers, whose innovative ideas have transformed the world.

Visit the @cesarechaveznps & learn more about the history of the UFW & Cesar's unwavering commitment to non-violent social change.

Today, on Innovation Day of National Parks Week, we celebrate the @UFWupdates, whose innovative ideas have transformed the world. Visit the @cesarechaveznps & learn more about the history of the UFW & Cesar's unwavering commitment to non-violent social change. #NationalParkWeek
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This WA H-2A tree fruit worker shares how his bosses are constantly disciplining them without a motive just to intimidate them. He added: It would be of great help to have someone from a union represent us so that we can be respected and treated like human beings.

This WA H-2A tree fruit worker shares how his bosses are constantly disciplining them without a motive just to intimidate them. He added: It would be of great help to have someone from a union represent us so that we can be respected and treated like human beings. #WeFeedYou
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Maine’s governor Janet Mills just vetoed an extremely stripped down bill that would require paying farm workers the state minimum wage. What a disgrace.

She vetoed a bill last year that would have given farm workers collective bargaining rights and minimum wage.

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Erasmo was covering mandarin trees with netting in the San Joaquin Valley. By the end of the day, he was exhausted. After years of doing this kind of work, workers share their bodies are worn out.

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Tonight is the 1st night of . We dip parsley (Karpas) in salt water to recognize the spring time. Salt water symbolizes the tears and sweat of enslavement. As we hold Seders, remember the farm workers who are out in the fields harvesting the food we’re eating.

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'We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.'

'We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.' #CesarChavez #EarthDay
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Macrina shared this photo from where she's tying down ropes for hops vines in eastern Washington. Every spring workers manually install thousands of lines of ropes for each individual hop vine to grow up. The top of the rope is tied from a moving platform.

Macrina shared this photo from where she's tying down ropes for hops vines in eastern Washington. Every spring workers manually install thousands of lines of ropes for each individual hop vine to grow up. The top of the rope is tied from a moving platform. #WeFeedYou
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