SAVE THE DATE! 💎 The UCLA Labor Center is celebrating our 60th anniversary on September 26, 2024 at the Sheraton Grand Los Angeles Hotel. Purchase your ticket at: buff.ly/3yv1XyU

Ruben shared this photo from the grape vineyards in Kings County CA. He's hard at work thinning the leaves and removing weeds in 105° temps. "It's very hard to work in temperatures this high." #WeFeedYou #HeatJustice

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The adversity brought on by the climate crisis, Flores said, makes it “all the more important to safeguard workers’, outdoor workers’, health and well-being with improved standards and enforcement.” READ MORE: shorturl.at/Uy365 #Farmworkers #Climate #MotherJones

Photos by George Ballis & Ernest Lowe from UC Merced Library’s Archives & Special Collections are featured in the research guide by graduate student researcher Carlo Acevedo on the history of the labor movement for UC Merced Community and Labor Center: brnw.ch/21wMhDp #UCMercedLibrary #LaborDay

‘I should have tolerated it, because I needed the work.’ But on the other hand, I’ve also been thinking that people should have dignity and shouldn’t have to put up with so much just for a job." latimes.com/california/sto…

WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN. Last year, 30 Jamaican workers on H2A visas were told they wouldn’t be rehired for the apple harvest in NY this year — for what we believe was retaliation for unionizing. But with UFW, they got their jobs BACK. Winning a UFW contract is next! #WeFeedYou

The Fresno Bee editorial board is calling for the Cal/OSHA criminal investigation unit to “get to work immediately looking into Pitman Family Farms in Sanger.” Read more at: fresnobee.com/opinion/editor…

thank you Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman for having errolmorris and me today to talk about SEPARATED. tickets to our weeklong NYC IFC Center run and Q+As tonight and tomorrow: ifccenter.com/films/separated

IMPORTANT read: Fresno Bee calls on state regulators to investigate "rash of worker deaths" at Pitman Farms, a Whole Foods supplier known for "humanely-raised poultry." Melissa Montalvo reporting & Bee's editorial board are setting the standard for local journalism on labor issues.

Just in: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces he's having a press conference in San Francisco to "discuss implications for California and preparations for a second Trump administration" Scheduled for tomorrow/Thursday at 10:15am pacific

It would seem like a contradiction that business owners who employ undocumented workers would support Trump's proposal for the largest deportation plan in US history, “Unless your aim is to have greater control over labor than ever before." bit.ly/3ULjdrv Cecilia Nowell

mass deportation is family separation -- not of kids from parents at the border but of parents from kids in their communities -- as both alexwagner said last night and, as I mentioned on the show, William D. Lopez has studied, written about and lived for years.

thanks all who made Sunday's SEPARATED screening in L.A. so special, particularly Bryan, who shared the story of his separation by Trump then reunification by Biden's task force, and now his work on behalf of other migrant children. Jean Guerrero ImmDef FWD.us CAA Foundation

Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.

"It's an illness that they know the cows have, and many cows have died but the boss cared about the cows, not the workers," Ibanez told the Times. "They never told them they have to go to the doctor to get a check-up." latimes.com/environment/st…

Benito and his coworkers just won their first union contract at Kern County's Ho Sai Gai. They are excited that they will now receive paid vacations, wage increases from $1.25/hr to $3/hr, holidays and more. ¡Con la unión se vive mejor! #WeFeedYou #UnionsForAll #UnionStrong

Yup - I refuse to support anyone who is corrupt, Democrat or Republican. That shouldnt be controversial, and voters agree. David Valadao has proven he lacks the courage to lead in this moment. He voted to slash Medicaid — the healthcare 68% of this district relies on — then

Trump has already wiped out more union members in a week than the labor movement usually gains or loses in a year. hamiltonnolan.com/p/fragile-move…

No tax on overtime? Not so fast. The federal rules don’t recognize an 8 hour day (like we have fought hard to maintain in California.) We earn time & a half after 8 hours, regardless of the number of hours worked in a week. (Keeps employers from gaming the system) 1/