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

Heat kills. A bill just reintroduced in Congress can save lives. Urge your members of Congress to back federal heat bill introduced on July 16th. Go to: act.seiu.org/a/heat2025?ms=… #WeFeedYou #Calor

"Edgar" has been working in CAs Central Coast for 15 yrs. "I'm picking broccoli. It is very tiring work. We have to keep up with the pace of the machine which goes very fast. I need to walk and cut very fast to keep up. It isn't easy as the plant is thick." #WeFeedYou

Yesterday during the lunch break of the @WAAFLCIO convention, dozens of union members join a human billboard in support of farm workers Windmill Farms mushroom boycott. #BoycottWindmillMushrooms

"Blanca" has been picking blackberries for 25 yrs on CAs Central Coast. "I'm currently thinning the rows so the plant produces more berries. We pick 6 hrs/day and then do this thinning 2-3hrs/day. It will make it easier to harvest the fruit the next day. #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