Farmworkers Union Seeks A California Revival

  

 

Farmworkers Union, a ’60s Liberal Icon, Seeks a California Revival

Decades after Cesar Chavez made the union a power, it has lost much of its clout. Membership dropped precipitously, from 60,000 to 5,500. It hopes a new law will turn the tide.

By Kurtis Lee and Liliana Michelena

This article was reported across several cities in the Central Valley of California.

Veronica Mota marched under the sweltering sun, hoisting a cloth banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe above her head for miles.

“Sí, se puede,” she chanted in unison with dozens of other farmworkers, who waved U.S. and Mexican flags as they walked along two-lane roads lined by dense orange groves in the Central Valley of California.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/11/business/economy/farmworkers-ufw-california.html