@FUJWashington

Familias Unidas por la Justicia is an independent union of more than 300 indigenous migrant farmworker families in Burlington, WA

 Burlington, WA
familiasunidasjusticia.org
Joined March 2016
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Familias Unidas retweeted
Errol Schweizer@grocery_nerd6 Dec 2021
Farmworkers should be at the center of food system change. Edgar Franks of @FUJWashington on @CheckoutRadio . thecheckoutradio.com/podcast… @HEAL_Food @tomphilpott @_RajPatel @AnnaCanning_ @fairworldprj @foodtechconnect @chloesorvino @FairFoodProgram @center4goodfood
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LISTEN to the last of our Crash #COP26 series with Jill Mangaliman & @edgarfranx to find out what went down! @LizDarrow of @FoodJusticeC2C joins the wrap up episode to discuss the local-to-global connection with frontline communities in WA & across the🌍! frontandcentered.org/crash-c…
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The voices of young workers–living on the frontlines of both the #ClimateCrisis and an economic recession–are rarely heard in discussions about climate. We want to change that. If you are under 35, please share your experience as a young worker: bit.ly/YWLP2021
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Familias Unidas retweeted
David Bacon@photos4justice13 Oct 2021
“Tulare County During the Pandemic – The Hard Price of Poverty”, published by Capital and Main just won the first place award from the San Francisco Press Club 2021 awards. Digital Media: Photography / Photo Series First Place: David Bacon capitalandmain.com/tulare-co…

Tulare County During the Pandemic – The Hard Price of Poverty

The rural county of Tulare has become a hotspot for the virus, with Latino communities and essential workers hit especially hard.

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Over 50 food and labor groups are asking @POTUS, @SecVilsack, and @JudiciaryDems to create just pathways to citizenship now. CC: @AlianzaAgricola, @CATAMigrantes, @FUJWashington, @j4mw, @RMM_NY, @MigrantJustice, @WorkersCNY, @WorkerJusticeNY, @PVWC1, @DemSocialists, @Tamejavi
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The Nation
@thenation5 Sep 2021
When China’s farms industrialized, many small farmers sought to become purveyors of wild food. As big farms took up more land, the small farmers were forced to raise or hunt animals closer to the forests where the most exotic pathogens might reside. bit.ly/3Dr5pbk

The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic

For years, Rob Wallace warned that industrial agriculture could cause deadly outbreaks at a global scale. It made him an exile in his field.

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Nia Tero@NiaTero4 Sep 2021
Earlier this summer, @knkxfm aired our #Seedcast episode featuring the family stories of Indigenous farmworkers from @FUJWashington. Thank you for sharing these stories! If you missed it live on air, you can listen to the segments here: bit.ly/2WeHwTF
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C2C works in solidarity with @WhatcomPJC. Register for their upcoming International Day of Peace event here: whatcompjc.org/idp2021
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Part 2 of series on heat wave that killed 100s in Pacific NW this summer. Some have pointed out lack of WA state heat plan. But a plan isn’t foolproof. Vancouver, BC has had one for a decade & folks were waiting 10 hours for emergency room. Nearly 600 died knkx.org/2021-08-31/this-is-…

'This is likely to be a deadly threat': What can we do to survive the next heat wave?

This summer's record high temperatures caught the Northwest off guard. People died on the job and in their homes and on the streets. Expert after expert told KNKX people will continue to die from...

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The #FWMA bows to the agricultural industry! During a global pandemic, it is unacceptable to say that this is the best we can do for farmworkers. @POTUS @JudiciaryDems This is the time to give farmworkers and their families immediate amnesty #OpposeFWMA #FarmworkersDeserveBetter
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Must-read from the blueberry fields of New Jersey. We believe that all people should have dignified livelihoods & that's why we're with @CATAMigrantes & the other @foodchainworker members who say #FarmworkersDeserveBetter & #OpposeFWMA
C.A.T.A.@CATAMigrantes30 Aug 2021
"The contractors capitalize on the fact that workers' legal status is tied to their employment, and if they get fired, they must immediately leave the country, and that these workers want to work for US wages, even if they are being paid $3 less an hour" buff.ly/38n18Y8
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Familias Unidas retweeted
The STAND@TheStandWA27 Aug 2021
The new law includes a 3-year phase-in, which means all agricultural workers in Washington will earn overtime pay after they work 55 hours in a workweek in 2022, 48 hours in 2023, and 40 hours in 2024. #1u #overtime @lniwa @UFWupdates @FUJWashington thestand.org/2021/08/li-webi…
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Political Director Edgar will be representing the union on this state committee
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DACA Was Always DOA: Let's End It Now - Yasmin Nair. Interesting perspective. Why fight for crumbs when we should be thinking and acting bigger? yasminnair.com/daca-was-alwa…

DACA Was Always DOA: Let's End It Now - Yasmin Nair

Excerpt: DACA doesn’t need to be fortified. DACA needs to die.  Update, April 28, 2026: Democracy Now (DN) reports that “The Board of Immigration Appeals [BIA, part of the Department of Justice] has...

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Doing a presentation with National Center for Farmworker Health on Sept. 22
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Familias Unidas retweeted
Food First@foodfirstorg12 Aug 2021
The 2021 IPCC report uses "human influence" 32 times in locating the cause of accelerating climate change. Instead, let's blame capitalism and its undemocratic way of organizing society, which gives power to the elite few who generate profits and power from the climate crisis.
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frank news@FrankNewsUS11 Aug 2021
"Trying to be friendly and gain political access has been a priority over organizing and demanding more. If we really want to change things, then we need to take a step back and reevaluate where the farmworker movement is right now. " @edgarfranx franknews.us/interviews/577/…
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Been a longtime fan of @FinnriverCider in #WashingtonState. Grateful for their solidarity with Community to Community (FoodJustice.org), @FUJWashington, Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates. Read about it: finnriver.com/pera-de-campes… Support:shop.finnriver.com/product/P…
Familias Unidas@FUJWashington11 Aug 2021
Thank you for @FinnriverCider for the solidarity. Let’s support them
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Insight on immigration, Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and organizing
frank news@FrankNewsUS11 Aug 2021
"Trying to be friendly and gain political access has been a priority over organizing and demanding more. If we really want to change things, then we need to take a step back and reevaluate where the farmworker movement is right now. " @edgarfranx franknews.us/interviews/577/…
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Thank you for @FinnriverCider for the solidarity. Let’s support them
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