United Farm Workers

This week chaotic federal immigration sweeps occurred in fields across CA-including Ventura, Kern & Tulare counties. You may have seen videos of agents chasing farm workers thru the field. Workers are terrorized. Your gift can help us fight back. 1/2 ⬇️ #WeFeedYou

A "dumper" in the tomatoes, holds the metal platform used to climb onto the trailer. Every time a trailer fills and moves, he carries the platform to the next one & hops back on to keep dumping buckets. He earns $158 a day, regardless of how many buckets he dumps. #WeFeedYou

Central Coast farm workers are hard at work on a machine planting celery. The machine moves very fast and they have to be careful not to miss a space. Additional workers walk behind the machine checking that no spaces are missed and replanting if they are. #WeFeedYou

A group of farm workers harvesting lettuce on CAs Central Coast. They tell us it's hard on their body as they need to be bent over all day long. #WeFeedYou

"Alba" has worked in the raspberries on CAs Central Coast for 25 years. She fills these buckets with raspberries. One of these buckets fills a whole tray with 12 containers. In peak season she picks 36+ buckets an hour. #WeFeedYou

"Fidel" is a irrigator on CAs Central Coast. "We had a problem with the irrigation pipes in this lettuce field. I'm connecting pipes to extract the extra water. This process is very important so that the lettuce plans are not lost due to over-watering." #WeFeedYou

Show your support for the Windmill Mushroom Farms boycott. Join farm workers and the labor movement on Wed., July 23rd at 12:00 noon as they hold a human billboard in front of the Safeway located at 3707 Main Street Vancouver WA. #BoycottWindmillMushrooms #WeFeedYou

California OSHA inspectors don’t visit worksites even when workers are injured calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

Farm workers were harvesting tart cherries in upstate New York earlier this month in 88° weather. They shared that the work is hard. Workers need to move quickly and carefully to harvest the cherries without bruising. Small crews need to cover a large area. #WeFeedYou

Wine grape workers on CAs North Coast are de-leafing the grape vine. Workers are making sure the fruit is hanging nice and tight on the wires. The grapes will be doing most of their growing between now and August when the season should begin. #WeFeedYou

"Rafa" is setting up the pipes to water newly planted celery plants on CAs Central Coast. He shares: This day is very windy. The pipes are already unwieldy and difficult to control when you move them and with this strong wind the job is much harder. #WeFeedYou

Did Border Patrol commit an ‘egregious violation’ of UFW injunction in Sacramento arrests? sacbee.com/news/californi…

"Gabriel" shared this pic with us from where he was harvesting eggplants in CA Central Valley. He earned min. wage. Harvesting eggplants take skill as they don't change color to signal ripeness. one needs experience to rely on factors like skin sheen, firmness & size. #WeFeedYou

Irrigators are hard at work in the fields on CAs Central Coast. This is extremely hard work. They work in teams of three, lifting very heavy pipes, under the hot sun. #WeFeedYou

These Central Valley farm workers are hard at work harvesting tomatos. This involves a lot of bending, reaching, and carrying heavy loads. This is very hard on the body - especially on days like this day where highs reached 100°. #WeFeedYou

The Battle for the Future of Farmwork. Trump’s immigration crackdown and a growing union effort are transforming Upstate New York into a battleground over who will grow our food and under what conditions. inthesetimes.com/article/farmwo…

I'm a US citizen and a veteran. But it doesn't matter. No one deserves to be treated this way. It's inhumane and it's wrong. I hope no one goes through what I did. I want to do as much as I can so this doesn't happen to anyone. -George Retes, Unjustly detained on July 10th by ICE

Senator Slotkin has announced her intended support for legislation that would CUT and FREEZE the wages of farm workers - one of the most underpaid professions in the US. This is just wrong! Call @SenatorSlotkin TODAY! Urge her to withdraw her support. (202) 759 - 4087

This crew of Ventura county field workers in the distance starts each day at 6:30am. At the right side of the photo are leeks ready to be cut and trimmed. The field to the left is a specialty parsley, some of which was recently harvested. #WeFeedYou

I will point out there is an active injunction against warrantless sweeps in Sacramento. Eastern district UFW v Noem. Since April

"Ada" is harvesting apples to be used for apple sauce. She earns $35/900lb bin. She works rapidly to fill her 25lb bag, runs to dump it & starts picking all over again. As this is for canning she doesn't have to worry about being gentle, she just needs to be very fast. #WeFeedYou