| Down to the wire
If you can't be in Sacramento, join us virtually by calling the Governor's office NOW!
 Today is "Day 12" for SB104, the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act and by midnight Governor Brown must sign or veto this critical bill.
Because of this, 1,000 farm workers from all over the state are converging on Sacramento and are holding rallies, vigils and prayer services and again asking Governor Brown to protect them by giving them the tools to protect themselves.
The schedule is as follows:
7-9 a.m. Human billboard line along the north side of the Capitol on L Street.
9-10 a.m. Vigil at the Governor's office featuring Cesar Chavez’s wood rocking chair in the hope Gov. Brown will use it to sign SB 104.
12 noon-1 p.m. Rally with farm workers and supporters.
1-2 p.m. Prayer service outside the Governor's office.
4-6 p.m. Farm workers surrounding the Capitol building.
6-7 p.m. Mass on the north steps of the Capitol.
7 p.m.-12 midnight Candlelight vigil at the Capitol.
If you are in the Sacramento area, please join us in person. If you are out of the area please join us virtually by making a phone call to the Governor's office in support of this vital bill.
The Governor's office phone number is: (916) 445-2841.
For a sample script and to share the results of your call, please go to http://action.ufw.org/sb104phone
SB 104 confronts the Governor with a clear choice: Side with claims from the state’s powerful $36 billion-a-year agricultural industry or side with farm workers, the poorest workers in the state.
Please help continue to educate Governor Brown how important this legislation is for California and the nation. The governor has already received the workers online petition with 64,000-plus signatures. This is in addition to more than 50,000 post cards signed by farm workers asking the Governor to sign the UFW-sponsored bill. But it seems like the Governor needs to hear from the people one more time so please take action tomorrow by joining us in Sacramento or calling the Governor in support of this critical bill.
Si Se Puede!
Arturo S. Rodriguez, President
United Farm Workers | One last day to
plead their case
 1,000 farm workers from throughout California are in route to Sacramento today, the last day Governor Brown can sign their bill. They are traveling from as far away as Oxnard and the Coachella Valley. They are taking the chance of risking their jobs to help save the lives of fellow workers who face the danger of heatstroke from a lack of water and shade this summer. They are going without the day’s work to help the women who are afraid to report their foremen’s sexual harassment. They will do whatever they have to get this bill signed so that farm workers can have a tool to protect themselves from grower abuses and indifference. This won’t be easy and it won’t be cheap. To send at least 13 busloads and several vans of farm workers to Sacramento there are expenses. Transportation and food alone for the 1,000 farm workers traveling today is costing $30,793 or $38.48 per worker. Can you make a donation today to help farm workers have one last chance to plead their case to Governor Brown?  https://secure.ufw.org/page/contribute/sb104day12 |
