Upon hearing that non-union farm workers were in smokey fields without masks, the UFW collected and distributed around 21,000 N95 masks in Ventura County today. #WeFeedYou
Mayra shared this pic of 1 of 3 bins she will fill during her shift near Madera CA. She earns $50 for each bin and shares the most dangerous part of her job is picking the citrus at the top of the tree because she has to climb up and down 16 foot ladders. #WeFeedYou
María is removing extra growth that shoot up on the vines. This skilled work produces better vines & sweeter tasting grapes for our wines. María appreciates her UFW contract at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery that provides paid time off & other benefits. "The company values me." #WeFeedYou
The Farm Worker Movement sadly learned of the passing of Peter Yarrow, 86, part of the famed folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Among the many civil rights and anti-war causes he—and they—embraced was the UFW spanning four decades. Read more @
Manuel has been been working in strawberries for 15 years. He's currently planting strawberries in Watsonville CA. "The rows are wet and it is difficult to walk. To do this job I must bend over all day and by the end of the day I am exhausted." #WeFeedYou
Rogelio shares: I am working here in Salinas CA planting strawberry seedlings to get the crop ready for next year. When we start working in the morning it's in the low 40°. It reaches the high 60s in the pm. The change of the weather is very hard on the body. #WeFeedYou
Jesús has been an apple harvester for 18 years in Wapsto, WA. He shares, "we currently are picking the last harvest. With the cold wet weather it is very tiring and dangerous to climb up high picking apples and carrying a heavy bag for 8 hours a day." #WeFeedYou
