NOW joins fight for strawberry pickers' rights

Article Abstract:

The National Organization for Women has joined in the United Farm Workers campaign that seeks for five basic workplace rights for strawberry pickers in California. These basic rights include a living wage, job security, clean drinking water and bathrooms, heath insurance and an end to sexual harassment. The NOW has called upon its members to sign a pledge in support of these rights and to ask grocery managers and owners to do the same. Part of the campaign is a mass protest march in Watsonville, CA, on Apr 13, 1997.

Social policy, National Organization for Women, Plantation workers

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Strawberry pickers' campaign getting results

Article Abstract:

Strawberry pickers across the nation staged a march on Apr 13, 1997, to protest their working conditions. The march was organized by the United Farm Workers and garnered a crowd of around 30,000 from the ranks of activists for women's rights, civil rights, environmental, lesbian, gay and labor movements. Some of the workers were fighting against sexual harassment and discrimination while others were demanding for overtime wages and protection from the effects of pesticides used in the fields.

Political aspects, Labor movement, Civil rights

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Strawberry workers assaulted on the job

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This article discusses the violent opposition to the United Farm Workers' fight for workplace rights in Watsonville, California.

California, Demonstrations and protests, Labor relations, Workplace violence, Labor unions, Watsonville, California

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