The Long March for Farmworkers’ Rights

In the late summer of 1965, Latino and Filipino workers in Delano, Calif., launched an unprecedented strike against some of California’s most powerful grape growers. Fifty years later and on the other side of the United States, justice for farmworkers is now the subject of intense debate in New York. On Wednesday, we joined hundreds of faith, labor, and immigrant leaders for a historic rally in Albany to demand farmworker justice. But our fight is far from over.Read more…

June 3, 2016

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