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24th August 2011, 01:14
Farm workers are marching to Sacramento. Join them virtually by signing their petition TODAY.
Farm workers just started a 13 day, 200 mile march to Sacramento. Their goal? To press for enactment of the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act and the right to be paid overtime after 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week just like any other worker. The two bills are expected to be introduced in the legislature shortly. The Fair Treatment For Farm Workers Now march will end on Sept. 4th, Labor Day weekend, at the State Capitol. If you're in California, please consider joining workers for one of the days of the march.
If you can't join the march in person,
please join virtually by signing the petition.
Two months ago, Gov Brown vetoed the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act, a bill that would have made it easier for farm workers to join a union and speak up for their rights. More than 1,000 farm workers visited the Capitol during the 12 days Governor Brown deliberated on the bill. Risking their jobs to attend, they held vigils, fasted and rallied for change. They told the Governor how the laws in the books are not the laws in the fields. They talked about having no bathroom breaks, no overtime pay, no respect and the lack of enforcement of heat regulations. And they were right-- two more workers may have died of heat related illness this year alone.
Farm workers can't afford to wait any more, not when their lives are at risk. So they are using their marching feet to try and convince Gov. Jerry Brown to sign their new bills when they reach his desk.
One of these workers is Maria Escutia. She has toiled in the table grapes for more than a decade. She is marching all 13 days. Her reason? I am doing this because I am very upset. I believe we work in dangerous conditions, in the heat, in the cold and I believe we deserve to be treated better without being intimidated at work; we deserve the right to have benefits. We deserve this and more.
In Governor Brown's veto of the "Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act," he says he is "not yet convinced." For farm workers, "not yet" means farm workers don't get water and shade. "Not yet" means farm workers continue to die of heat illness. "Not yet" means farm workers do not have basic justice implemented by the Agricultural Labor Relations Act. “Not yet” means hundreds of farm workers who last year voted for union representation have waited more than a year for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board to take the simple act of certifying the elections.
Enough with "not yet." The time is now. Join the virtual march by signing the petition to get Maria and other farm workers the fair treatment they deserve.
http://action.ufw.org/200milemarchpetition
After you take action please share this campaign with your friends and family. You can send them an e-mail and/or post this campaign on your Facebook and/or Twitter page by clicking here or going to http://action.ufw.org/page/share/200milemarchpetition
Donate to help the farm worker march to Sacramento
Saying the time to act is now, farm workers will begin a 200 mile pilgrimage up the Central Valley to Sacramento to press for enactment of the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act.
Odilia Chavez, a field worker who gets work where she can in various crops, is planning on marching all 13 days. I am going to march from Madera to Sacramento because of the bad conditions we farm workers work in. The farmers and farm labor contractors put a lot of pressure on us, they don't respect us, we are paid very poorly and it is not enough to make ends meet. We are going to Sacramento to tell Governor Jerry Brown that it is time for him to sign what we are asking.
There will be up to 50 full time marchers who will be joined by farm workers and community folks throughout the route and by thousands of farm workers when they arrive in Sacramento. To do a march of this size will cost close to $250,000. Between meals, water & ice alone we are talking about $31 per marcher per day or $403 per marcher for 13 days or $20,150 just for the full time marchers. Farm workers from up and down the state will want to join in on the weekends when they can get off work. On the last day we will need to rent buses for the thousands of workers who plan to attend.
Could you help us cover these costs?
https://secure.ufw.org/page/contribute/167milemarch
Have a twitter account? Please participate in our twitter petition to Gov Brown by retweeting the following message:
[email protected] I'm joining #UFW on 200-mile Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now march http://act.ly/45k RT TO JOIN VIRTUALLY #labor
Do you live in CA and want to join the march? To find the schedule of locations go to: http://action.ufw.org/page/s/march811
Check out our website at: www.ufw.org and keep up with the latest news.
Check out the UFW's Social Networking pages. Click to visit our Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Cause, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace,and Care2 pages. Please link to us and become our "Friend" and follow us on Twitter too!
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Farm workers just started a 13 day, 200 mile march to Sacramento. Their goal? To press for enactment of the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act and the right to be paid overtime after 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week just like any other worker. The two bills are expected to be introduced in the legislature shortly. The Fair Treatment For Farm Workers Now march will end on Sept. 4th, Labor Day weekend, at the State Capitol. If you're in California, please consider joining workers for one of the days of the march.
If you can't join the march in person,
please join virtually by signing the petition.
Two months ago, Gov Brown vetoed the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act, a bill that would have made it easier for farm workers to join a union and speak up for their rights. More than 1,000 farm workers visited the Capitol during the 12 days Governor Brown deliberated on the bill. Risking their jobs to attend, they held vigils, fasted and rallied for change. They told the Governor how the laws in the books are not the laws in the fields. They talked about having no bathroom breaks, no overtime pay, no respect and the lack of enforcement of heat regulations. And they were right-- two more workers may have died of heat related illness this year alone.
Farm workers can't afford to wait any more, not when their lives are at risk. So they are using their marching feet to try and convince Gov. Jerry Brown to sign their new bills when they reach his desk.
One of these workers is Maria Escutia. She has toiled in the table grapes for more than a decade. She is marching all 13 days. Her reason? I am doing this because I am very upset. I believe we work in dangerous conditions, in the heat, in the cold and I believe we deserve to be treated better without being intimidated at work; we deserve the right to have benefits. We deserve this and more.
In Governor Brown's veto of the "Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act," he says he is "not yet convinced." For farm workers, "not yet" means farm workers don't get water and shade. "Not yet" means farm workers continue to die of heat illness. "Not yet" means farm workers do not have basic justice implemented by the Agricultural Labor Relations Act. “Not yet” means hundreds of farm workers who last year voted for union representation have waited more than a year for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board to take the simple act of certifying the elections.
Enough with "not yet." The time is now. Join the virtual march by signing the petition to get Maria and other farm workers the fair treatment they deserve.
http://action.ufw.org/200milemarchpetition
After you take action please share this campaign with your friends and family. You can send them an e-mail and/or post this campaign on your Facebook and/or Twitter page by clicking here or going to http://action.ufw.org/page/share/200milemarchpetition
Donate to help the farm worker march to Sacramento
Saying the time to act is now, farm workers will begin a 200 mile pilgrimage up the Central Valley to Sacramento to press for enactment of the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act.
Odilia Chavez, a field worker who gets work where she can in various crops, is planning on marching all 13 days. I am going to march from Madera to Sacramento because of the bad conditions we farm workers work in. The farmers and farm labor contractors put a lot of pressure on us, they don't respect us, we are paid very poorly and it is not enough to make ends meet. We are going to Sacramento to tell Governor Jerry Brown that it is time for him to sign what we are asking.
There will be up to 50 full time marchers who will be joined by farm workers and community folks throughout the route and by thousands of farm workers when they arrive in Sacramento. To do a march of this size will cost close to $250,000. Between meals, water & ice alone we are talking about $31 per marcher per day or $403 per marcher for 13 days or $20,150 just for the full time marchers. Farm workers from up and down the state will want to join in on the weekends when they can get off work. On the last day we will need to rent buses for the thousands of workers who plan to attend.
Could you help us cover these costs?
https://secure.ufw.org/page/contribute/167milemarch
Have a twitter account? Please participate in our twitter petition to Gov Brown by retweeting the following message:
[email protected] I'm joining #UFW on 200-mile Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now march http://act.ly/45k RT TO JOIN VIRTUALLY #labor
Do you live in CA and want to join the march? To find the schedule of locations go to: http://action.ufw.org/page/s/march811
Check out our website at: www.ufw.org and keep up with the latest news.
Check out the UFW's Social Networking pages. Click to visit our Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Cause, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace,and Care2 pages. Please link to us and become our "Friend" and follow us on Twitter too!
If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for the UFW List Serve.
If you want to change your mailing address and/or phone number click here
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United Farm Workers, P.O. Box 62, Keene, CA 93531, http://www.ufw.org