Justice for Roberto Carlos Montoya!
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Justice for Carlos
Justice for Carlos and all our immigrant familias!
Walked Alongside Brother Jerry Ryan
Walked alongside Brother Jerry Ryan in “UFW March for the Governor’s Signature” and we were hurting at the end – and came to understand the tremendous sacrifice that so many are making in walking all the way to Sacramento. Join the march if you possibly can for whatever day or days that you can – and send a message to Governor Newsom to sign AB 2183, the CA Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act – which would give more choices to farm workers so they can vote free from intimidation. AB 2183 offers the same voting choices Gov. Newsom used to defeat the GOP recall election. His veto came despite huge support for the bill in both state houses. Thank you John Jue for this picture.
A Call To Our Communities- Boycott Home Depot!
A call to our communities- Boycott Home Depot!
“Home Depot, whether they like it or not, they are the epicenter of raids,” said Pablo Alvarado, the co-executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a group that represents the tens of thousands of day laborers working in L.A.”
Do They Have No Heart?
“Tell the President—we are here to work, to care for our families, to give. Do they have no heart? What if this happened to your own family?”
A worker shared these words after witnessing the tragic death of a fellow worker who lost his life while fleeing ICE. This is the reality for so many of our beloved workers.
Join us tomorrow, August 15th at 5:30 PM for a vigil to honor his life.
Stand with us. Mourn with us. Fight with us.
Invitation to Gathering
You are invited to a gathering, as part of the Latino and Latina Roundtable efforts to celebrate and sustain Cesar Chavez Park (2720 Barjud avenue in Pomona) as a “spiritual” place, to upkeep the park, and to restore the murals there on Saturday, August 23 from 10 am to 1 PM. The day’s gathering includes: Artist Paul Botello working with eight volunteers in restoring the murals; continuing to clean and upkeep the park; drumming circle (please bring your drums) and an indigenous ceremony (led by Carla Munoz and Tony Cerda); and potluck with sharing of food.
Latino and Latina Roundtable Education Committee
Remembering Roberto Cintli Rodriguez
A memory today from 2012 – when I ran alongside writer, professor, community organizer Roberto Cintli Rodriguez at a “Cross-Cultural Festival to Save Ethnic Studies” in Panorama City. As in this run, he was always there giving of his life to the future of our communities. His contributions will live on as examples for others and especially those younger generations who are picking up the baton. Roberto Cintli Rodriguez- Presente!
annual Gathering of the Latino and Latina Sociology section at the American Sociological Association
One of the reasons we cherish the annual gathering of the Latino and Latina Sociology section at the American Sociological Association is meeting up with long-time friends and colleagues! Here with Professors Rogelio Saenz, Vilma Ortiz, Teresa Cordova, Marta Lopez-Garza, Manuel Pastor, and Gilbert Cadena.
Farmworkers Across The State Are Still Getting Sick and Sometimes Dying from Preventable Heat
Unconscionable! … “20 years after California enacted a landmark heat safety law, farmworkers across the state are still getting sick and sometimes dying from preventable heat illness.
The law “is failing because of a lack of enforcement. It’s not doing what it was intended to do,” said state Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), a former farmworker who carried legislation last year that would have made it easier for farmworkers to receive workers’ compensation if they were stricken by heat illness on the job. The measure was vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. “It is the kind of thing that should be keeping legislators up at night. People are dying.”
The enforcement lapses come at a time when farmworkers — many of whom lack legal status and fear deportation — are already hesitant to voice complaints about working conditions, fearful that employers could retaliate by reporting them to immigration authorities. It is estimated that more than half of California’s approximately 350,000 farmworkers are undocumented.
A 2022 study by the UC Merced Community and Labor Center found that many farmworkers were still laboring without the protections. Of more than 1,200 workers surveyed, 43% reported that their employers had not provided a heat illness prevention plan and 15% said they had not received heat illness prevention training.”
