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Las Familias Unidas por la Justicia
International
Farmworker union organizer detained by ICE
Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, 25, is an organizer with Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent union for farmworkers in the Skagit Valley.
Collective bargaining
In tulip capital, farm workers strike
Flower and bulb harvest workers in Washington struck for three days—until management agreed to come to the bargaining table.
Collective bargaining
Farmworkers at Sakuma ratify historic first union contract
Thanks to a four-year strike and boycott campaign, 200 farmworkers will get $15 an hour and job protections.
Buying Union
Washington farmworkers union ends boycott of Driscolls, Sakuma
Sakuma Brothers agreed to recognize and bargain with a farmworkers union.
Buying Union
Farmworker unions spread word about boycott of Driscoll’s
Unions in Washington and Baja Mexico make common cause
