Sentences with phrase «farm workers association»

Fernando's father, César Chavez (March 31, 1927 — April 23, 1993) was a Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers.

Altogether these tours (most lasting one or two hours) cover more than 150 years of state and local history, from early settlement by Swiss immigrant John Sutter to civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.

Wisely avoiding the impulse to deconstruct or diagnose the origins of his lifelong support for organized labor, director Diego Luna instead focuses on Chavez's creation of the National Farm Workers Association and the establishment of his guiding principles as an activist and organizer.

Not exact matches

The U.S. also suffers from an undersupply of farm workers, which is much worse than the shortage of skilled workers afflicting Silicon Valley, says Craig Regelbrugge, vice president of government relations and research for the association.

He also served as president of the National Juice Products Association and chairman of the Food Institute, New Jersey Food Processors Association, and the New Jersey Farm Workers Corp..

Agri - TNCs Network - Philippines, MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura), KMP (Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas), PNSFP (Philippine Network for Food Security Programs), SIBAT (Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya), HEAD (Health action for Democracy), PAN Phils (Pesticide Action Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, Sri Lanka

Today, a protest campaign in front of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) was held by hundreds of farmers and civil society supporters led by the National Women Farmers and Workers Association (NWFA) and Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF).

The list of endorsers included: The New York Wine Grape Growers Association; New York Wine Industry Association; New York State Police Chiefs Benevolent Association; Inter County Association of Western New York (19 counties representing 3 million New Yorkers); New York Farm Bureau; Campaign for Fiscal Equity; Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association; United Federation of Teachers; New York State United Teachers; 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and CSEA.

(As reported in a 2014 Canadian Medical Association Study, between 2001 and 2011 787 migrant farm workers had their work visa terminated and were sent back to their home countries for medical reasons.)

The agreements do not appear to be the result of bargaining between the farms and the workers or their associations, and the ability to engage in collective bargaining under the Agricultural Employees Protection Act is limited by the holding in Fraser.

UFCW Canada argued the section of the Code violated freedom of association rights under both the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms because it denies agricultural workers employed on farms that have three or less employees, the right to join a union and bargain successfully.

This is an important step towards full recognition of the freedom of association of migrant farm workers.

«in relationship to agricultural workers who work on farms which ordinarily and continuously employ less than three workers, Section 21 of the Code is discriminatory as being a significant hindrance on their ability to exercise their fundamental right of freedom of association.»

In this round of funding, the grantees are: Jefferson County Public Health, Whatcom County Health Department, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, St. James Family Center in Wahkiakum County, Tacoma - Pierce County Health Department, Mid-Columbia Children's Council in Klickitat County, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association, Thurston County Public Health and Social Services, Denise Louie Education Center in King County, and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Yakima.

The grants announced today: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Yakima, Parents as Teachers ($ 105,161); Denise Louie Education Center, Early Head Start, King County ($ 175,000); Jefferson County Public Health, Nurse - Family Partnership, ($ 175,000); Mid-Columbia Children's Council, Early Head Start, Klickitat County ($ 173,317.50); St. James Family Center, Wahkiakum County, Parents as Teachers ($ 71,335); Tacoma - Pierce County Health Department, Nurse - Family Partnership ($ 145,686.50); Thurston County Public Health and Social Services, Nurse - Family Partnership ($ 102,500); Whatcom County Health Department, Nurse - Family Partnership ($ 175,000); Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association, Nurse - Family Partnership ($ 175,000); Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Parents as Teachers ($ 155,000).