Advocacy Campaigns

Below are just a few campaigns that the UFW is encouraging individuals to support. Click the link for a campaign, and it will lead you to the UFW's Official site where you can participate. All of the campaigns below have been in progress for months before the date listed below. With the help from "ordinary" people like those of you who are reading this, the UFW will be able to win its battles. Search the site for more! You will quickly learn that the UFW stands for equality for all races and genders. They fight for everything from heat protection to the rights of women to work in the fields.

• Tell President Bush: It's time for action, not just words! (May 1, 2006: National Day of Action)

April 28, 2006

• Advocates for a Minimum Wage Increase

April 2006

• Support dairy workers who spoke out against sexual discrimination--"women aren’t any good at the farm, they’re only good in bed."

April 27, 2006

• Demand Washington state adopt "real" heat protection for farm workers[[1]]

April 21, 2006

• Sign the petition for a national Cesar E. Chavez holiday

April 14, 2006

• Breakthrough UFW victory at Global Horizons

April 11, 2006

• New amendments challenge immigration reform--send an immediate e-mail

April 04, 2006

• Honor Cesar Chavez by contacting your Senator in support of immigration reform

March 31, 2006

• Help Stop Gender Bias in the Grapes

February 21, 2006

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