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Elizabeth Strater retweeted
Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days.
The chaos is escalating. 1/
ALT UFW union condemns brutal ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao comments as insulting to constituents
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
Farmworkers feed California. Why in the world would you exclude them from basic labor rights?
Of course farmworkers deserve overtime protections.
Two Democrats running to be California’s next governor scorned a state law that their own party, along with influential labor unions, celebrated as a major victory a decade ago.
The state’s 2016 agricultural overtime law was meant to raise wages for farmworkers, but research has shown it ended up reducing overall earnings as employers shortened the workweek to keep their production costs down.
Katie Porter, an Orange County Democrat and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, cited the law as an example of policies “that don’t make sense and that drive up costs.” Porter made the comments last week during an April 1 gubernational candidate forum at California State University, Fresno. Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat and former mayor of Los Angeles, agreed with Porter’s comments on the overtime law. “You’re right,” Villaraigosa said, citing research from the University of California, Berkeley, that documented the reduction in farmworker income.
Read more in Ag Alert: bit.ly/3Qqu6PY
#News #AgAlert #CAFarmBureau #AgOvertime #Governor #DemocraticParty #LaborUnion #ProductionCosts
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
When immigrant rights are under attack, everyone’s rights are under attack. If it can happen to your neighbor, it can happen to you.
Cuando se atacan los derechos de los inmigrantes, se atacan los derechos de todos. Si le puede pasar a tu vecino, te puede pasar a ti.
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone. It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes.
You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
projects.propublica.org/trum…
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
ICYMI: An email hit the account of former federal workers asking them to come back to government work, but this time to Homeland Security to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
DHS this week launched its recruitment campaign, but it may not be easy.
npr.org/2025/08/01/g-s1-8063…
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
Dirty Money? Behind the scenes of an anti-union "protest" featuring Wonderful Nurseries.
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
It's not just the #H5N1 #birdflu cuts across the federal government, but the Trump admin's targeting of immigrants that could trigger a pandemic. They're our front-line livestock workers -- and when the birds start flying south in the fall... latimes.com/science/story/20…
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
I just received the criminal complaint against one of Gavidia’s friends, who was arrested.
Feds say they were conducting a “roving patrol” in Montebello when they interacted with someone in the parking lot of a tow yard. They note that the gate to the parking lot was open
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
“You cannot stop people based on how they look,” said Elizabeth Strater, a national vice president of United Farm Workers, a labor union. “This ruling upholds the basic standards of law in the country.”
nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/po…
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
BREAKING: United Farm Workers and Bakersfield residents sue Border Patrol for unlawful practices.
CBP’s January immigration raids terrorized communities and tore apart families. – at Bakersfield, CA
ALT A Bakersfield, CA background with a text overlay, saying: United Farm Workers and Bakersfield residents sue Border Patrol for unlawful practices.
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
“At church” is crazy, yall going to hell
Multiple UFW union offices received this in the mail this week. Thanks for reaching out!
ALT postcard: Report Illegal Aliens At schools At work At church At restaurants In your neighborhood THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE
ALT back of a postcard, address obscured by pixels, sent from Oakland, CA sender name is “Trumps Coming”
ALT back of a postcard, address obscured by pixels, sent from Oakland, CA sender name is “Trumps Coming”
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
This November 5th election is critical and UFW volunteers are out on the ground knocking on doors to get out the vote. Listen to these WA farm workers and children of farm workers talk about why they're knocking on doors. #Vote
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
Don’t drink raw milk ever. Avian flu is beside the point, raw milk is a diarrhea cocktail.
Regular commercial milk is safe. The farm workers are the ones at risk.
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
NEW: Radio Campesina is among the groups hoping to fight misinformation about elections and voting in Arizona. But there are other groups too, even those hoping to reach Republicans in their own party. W/ @ailsachang
npr.org/2024/10/16/nx-s1-515…
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
By popular demand...fav/unfavs on Peso Pluma among registered Latinos in the battleground.
Best-liked by the children of immigrants, Mexican-Americans, NV/AZ Hispanics, and, generally/especially, Latinos <30.
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
dream team panel!!
Immigration is more than one beat, and it's more than just border reporting.
At #AccessFest24, @Jas_Aguilera, @ballesteros_312, @TerrenceFraser4 and @GalvanReports will discuss how to amplify the many diverse voices present among our immigrant communities, and how to get the news to them.
They will also walk through how some of their stories came to be, and how you can replicate them.
🗓️ Thursday, 4 p.m. ET schedules.ire.org/accessfest…
ALT AccessFest24 promotional graphic with headshots of speakers: JASMINE AGUILERA, CARLOS BALLESTEROS, TERRENCE FRASER & ALFONZO GALVAN Text: Amplifying immigrant voices: How to cover immigrants, not just immigration The conference is virtual by design, taking place Oct. 17-19.
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
Campesinos deben tomar medidas AHORA para vacunarse contra la gripe estacional, especialmente los del sector lácteo o en contacto con el ganado.
Si un trabajador con gripe estacional se expone a la gripe aviar, corre el riesgo de que el virus mute y sea más peligroso y contagioso
ALT A Spanish language flyer meant for Farm Workers who work with cows or chickens with facts about the avian flu
Elizabeth Strater retweeted
The real reason Texas can't control its border: it needs the migrants too badly.
For 8 months, I've investigated undocumented construction workers, the bosses hiring them, and the politicians who look the other way:
texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
