Most Americans know little or nothing about the two million hardworking farm workers, often Latino immigrants, who toil in the fields and packing houses to grow and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods we take for granted. Many organic consumers are now familiar with the concept of “Fair Trade” and look for Fair Trade labels on the imported coffee and bananas that we buy. But what about Domestic Fair Trade? Don’t you agree that all agricultural and food workers, from the field to the grocery checkout counter, deserve fair wages and working conditions?
It’s up to legislators, consumers, farmers, farm workers, and food workers to rebuild the food and farming system into one that is healthy, sustainable, and just. The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act helps farm workers, including immigrants, help themselves. It makes it easier for them to form a union, so they have the voice to demand safe working conditions. The right to collective bargaining is essential, especially on the large industrial-scale farms that dominate California agriculture.
The time has come to end the routine exploitation of farm workers and make Cesar Chavez’s dream of “justice in the fields” a reality.
Tell California Governor Brown: Make the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act law!
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