Sign farm workers' petition to Gov Brown before farm workers arrive in Capitol Thursday

The UFW's vital bill, the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act (SB 104) has passed the CA Senate and Assembly and will shortly go to Governor Jerry Brown.

The United Farm Workers has won solid laws to protect California farm workers who provide more than half of our nation's produce. But with over 400,000 field workers migrating among 80,000 farms, these laws have not and cannot be enforced by the state of California.

The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act will ensure the laws on the books do become the laws in the fields. This new law will make it easier for farm workers to have a union and thus have the opportunity to speak up and protect themselves.
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Without this bill, farm workers will continue to face unbearable conditions and pressure. Many workers don't have access to basic things like shade, water, heat training or even breaks during the hot summer days. And nothing will change. Wage and hour violations will continue. Overexposure to pesticides will go unchallenged. Sexual harassment will remain rampant and the health crises caused by a lack of sanitation and lax safety standards will continue to plague farm workers.

You can help change these conditions today. Sign our petition to tell CA Gov. Jerry Brown to sign this bill into law. Let's give the California farm workers, who feed our nation, the basic protections every worker deserves.


http://www.ufw.org/sb104petition


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Busloads of farm workers want to go to Sacramento to deliver bill to Gov. Brown

History is being made & you can be part of it. Next Thursday, June 16 we will present Governor Jerry Brown with the most important reform legislation for farm workers in a generation, the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act (SB 104- Senator Steinberg).

Close to 800 farm workers from throughout California want to go to Sacramento and personally hand deliver the bill to Gov. Brown. Can you help them get on the bus?

They will travel from as far away as Oxnard and the Coachella Valley. Almost everyone will have to take an unpaid day off work. Some will even be risking their jobs to attend.

They are risking their jobs to help save the lives of fellow workers who face the danger of heatstroke from a lack of water and shade this summer. They are going without the day’s work to help the women who are afraid to report their foremen’s sexual harassment. They will do whatever they have to get this bill signed so that farm workers can have a tool to protect themselves from grower abuses and indifference.

This won’t be easy and it won’t be cheap. To send at least 13 busloads and several vans of farm workers to Sacramento there are expenses. Transportation and food alone for the 800 farm workers traveling on June 16th will cost $30,793 or $38.48 per worker. Can you make a donation today to make sure workers can have a seat on the bus and make history?




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