Farmworkers may have only been deemed "essential" by the US government during the pandemic, but we know they've always been critical to keeping our food system running. Yet, their official, "essential" status hasn't improved their economic, workplace, or political conditions.
Join Food First April 23rd at 10:30 AM (PT) to learn more about farmworkers and our capitalist food system during COVID-19. This webinar will bring together Edgar Franks of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent farmworker union, labor and photojournalist David Bacon, and a member from C2C’s leadership team. Food First will be moderating this event.
We will focus on the working conditions that farmworkers are enduring and learn more about how the Federal government is excluding immigrant farmworkers from federal relief packages, working to lower their wages, and expanding the unjust H-2A visa program. But we will also hear from our panelists about what farmworkers and organizers are doing to push back. There will also be a Q&A at the end of this webinar.
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Earlier Event: February 10
7th Annual Farmworker Tribunal
Later Event: May 1
Caravan to Olympia for Excluded Farmworkers!