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Both the nature of the work and flaws in the support system cause injuries and illness

Both the nature of the work and flaws in the support system cause injuries and illness.

After previously indicating he might veto the measure, Gov. Gavin Newson signed a new law Wednesday that will make it easier for agricultural laborers to join unions, a hard-fought win for the United Farm Workers.

The global ag-tech revolution has sped up in recent years, spurring a debate on how it will affect the workforce

When I visited the National Chavez Center earlier this summer, the solemnity of the site hit me the moment I parked.

Eleanor García joined the Socialist Worker’s Party in her twenties. She had been working with the United Farm Workers in Phoenix, Arizona, where she is from, on a boycott of Gallo wine, iceberg lettuce and table grapes.

When I ask my students who comes to mind when they think about immigrants’ rights, they inevitably bring up Cesar Chavez. After all, he founded the United Farm Workers union, a central force behind the farmworker movement of the 1960s and 70s in central California. The union proudly claims to…