California Teamsters want for farm workers what all Teamsters want for America: Good jobs. Which is why Teamsters from California's Central Valley joined farm workers in Stockton on their 167-mile march to the state capitol. They want Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers bill.
The Examiner reports,
Thousands of California farm workers and their supporters today rallied at the State Capitol in Sacramento, after a 13-day, 167-mile march through California’s Central Valley, to demand better protections and more union rights. The march, organized by the United Farm Workers union (“UFW”), began nearly two months after California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed Senate Bill (SB) 104, the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act, which would have made it easier for California’s farm workers to join unions such as the UFW.
.... The protest also occurs against a backdrop of at least two allegedly heat-related California farm worker deaths in the past several months.Teamsters International Vice President Rome Alois spoke to the crowd in Sacramento. Plenty of Teamsters were there, along with the brand new Teamsters Joint Council 7 truck.
The farm workers’ march to Sacramento seems to have had an effect: according to various reports, Governor Brown has offered a compromise which would give added protections to California farm workers and their unions under current law.
Teamsters had also fed the marchers in Stockton, reports the North Valley Labor Federation,
Teamsters 439, UFCW 8, Teamsters 601 provided lunches and dinners for the walkers. Lots of food to get them on their way.
Sam Rosas and Local 439 brought their big rig to travel with the walkers and bring NEWS (channel 3) interest to the march.Si se puede!!
