farmworkers

Farmworkers wearing hats gather spinach from a field.

As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights

Human rights

Millions of farmworkers across the US work under inhumane climate conditions, and are now pushing for more protections.

As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights
A man holds up a box of berries in a field, waiting in a queue to load them onto a truck.

The people who pick your berries in Washington will now be represented by a union

Justice
The people who pick your berries in Washington will now be represented by a union
A worker pick grapes at a vineyard at a Napa Valley winery.

Farmworkers push back against machismo and abuse in California’s wine country

Justice
Farmworkers push back against machismo and abuse in California’s wine country
Jose and Oscar

Their parents work the farms as migrant labor. What are their kids' lives like?

Education
Their parents work the farms as migrant labor. What are their kids' lives like?
Vegetables at a Whole Foods Market in La Jolla, California. Much of its produce comes from the state’s Central Valley, where it's picked by migrant farmworkers.

How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker

Business
How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker
Former farmworker and current Delano Mayor, Grace Vallejo, stands in front of photos of her fellow city council members. The city council is made up of all Hispanic members. "That's a huge change from back in the 1960s. We've come a long way." she says. V

In the town where Chavez began his labor movement, immigrants are now leaders

Conflict & Justice

Delano, California, was a rural farm town controlled by white farmers when Cesar Chavez first began fighting for labor rights there in the 1960s. The movement he began started a process that has transformed the town.

In the town where Chavez began his labor movement, immigrants are now leaders