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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. #WeFeedYou
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.
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
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
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. #NationalParkWeek
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
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. #WeFeedYou
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