Dozens of farm workers form human billboard in San Francisco in statewide drive to turn out Latino voters
San Francisco, Calif. – Dozens of farm workers and supporters form a human billboard line Thursday morning at San Francisco City Hall, urging Latino voters to turn out on Nov. 2 to make Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown the state’s next governor as well as support other key candidates. United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez and Democratic Party Chairman John Burton will join human billboard line.
The 11 a.m. San Francisco event sponsored by the UFW is part of a statewide effort to turn out the Latino vote. The two-week campaign, which kicked off last week with rallies in Salinas and Santa Rosa, plans to reach 100,000 California voters. Other rallies and events are being held in Oxnard, Coachella and Central Valley cities.
As governor from 1975 to 1982, Brown helped Cesar Chavez and the UFW push through the Legislature California’s pioneering 1975 law granting farm workers the right to organize and bargain, abolished use of the infamous back-breaking short-handled hoe, brought farm workers coverage under unemployment insurance and appointed an unprecedented number of Latinos to high public office.
WHO: Dozens of farm workers, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez and John Burton, Democratic Party Chairman.
WHAT: Farm workers forming human billboard line in San Francisco to kick off get-out-the-vote efforts and rally Latino voters behind Jerry Brown’s gubernatorial candidacy
WHEN: 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010
WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street side) , San Francisco 94102
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