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WA State Sakuma Farm Workers Leader Ramón Torres Speaks To SF Labor Council
Ramón Torres, president of the Sakuma farmworkers union Familias Unidas Para la Justicia (United Families for Justice) spoke at the SF Labor Council about their struggle for wages, healthcare and justice
WA State Sakuma Farm Workers Leader Ramón Torres Speaks To SF Labor Council
Fired Sakuma Bellingham, WA farmworker leader Ramón Torres who is president of Familias Unidas Para la Justicia (United Families for Justice) spoke about their strike, struggle and living conditions. He and 300 other workers and their families are fighting for better wages, healthcare and health and safety conditions. They have also been replaced by "guest workers" with H-2A visas who are being used to hold down wages and conditions of the workers.
He spoke at the San Francisco Labor Council on October 28, 2013. To support their struggle and more information go to:
Sakuma Workers' Fund. Go to http://www.foodjustice.org and click on the "donate" button to the right of the screen; or send a check written out to Community to Community Development labeled "Sakuma Workers' Fund" to 203 W. Holly Street, Ste. 317, Bellingham, WA 98225.
Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org
Fired Sakuma Bellingham, WA farmworker leader Ramón Torres who is president of Familias Unidas Para la Justicia (United Families for Justice) spoke about their strike, struggle and living conditions. He and 300 other workers and their families are fighting for better wages, healthcare and health and safety conditions. They have also been replaced by "guest workers" with H-2A visas who are being used to hold down wages and conditions of the workers.
He spoke at the San Francisco Labor Council on October 28, 2013. To support their struggle and more information go to:
Sakuma Workers' Fund. Go to http://www.foodjustice.org and click on the "donate" button to the right of the screen; or send a check written out to Community to Community Development labeled "Sakuma Workers' Fund" to 203 W. Holly Street, Ste. 317, Bellingham, WA 98225.
Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org
For more information:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYv9sLaFjk...
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