6-8 p.m. Saturday, September 1, in Fresno
Lt. Gov. Bustamante addresses dinner
at UFW’s Labor Day weekend convention
Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante delivers the keynote address during a Saturday night dinner for 900 delegates and guests at the United Farm Workers’ 15th Bienniel Constitutional Convention in the Fresno Convention Center. Some 1,500 farm workers and supporters–including 450 delegates—are attending the two-day meeting. On Saturday, Gov. Gray Davis becomes the first California governor to speak before a UFW convention since 1978.
The governor and lieutenant governor are among a number of top labor and political leaders at the UFW gathering. Delegates are tackling crucial state and national issues, including:
· Mobilizing during the fall election campaign to elect candidates who support a new amnesty for undocumented workers presently in this country.
· Aiding striking farm workers in Washington state, where since Aug. 16 the UFW has hammered out settlements over pay rates with nine apple producers and one peach grower so pickers could return to their jobs.
· Pushing for state legislation to reform abuses of farm workers by farm labor contractors.
· Continuing a UFW organizing drive begun in 1994 that has produced 20 union election victories and 24 new, or first-time, contracts with growers in a host of crops.
· Opposing Proposition 38, the statewide voucher initiative.
Who: Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante, 900 delegates and guests.
What: Dinner for delegates and Central Valley Latino local elected officials attending the UFW’s 15th Bienniel Constitutional Convention.
When: 6 p.m. reception, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000; Lt. Gov. Bustamante is slated to speak at 8 p.m.
Where: Fresno Convention Center, new Exhibit Hall, 848 M St. (between Tulare and Kings Canyon), downtown Fresno.
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Lt. Gov. Bustamante addresses dinner
at UFW’s Labor Day weekend convention
Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante delivers the keynote address during a Saturday night dinner for 900 delegates and guests at the United Farm Workers’ 15th Bienniel Constitutional Convention in the Fresno Convention Center. Some 1,500 farm workers and supporters–including 450 delegates—are attending the two-day meeting. On Saturday, Gov. Gray Davis becomes the first California governor to speak before a UFW convention since 1978.
The governor and lieutenant governor are among a number of top labor and political leaders at the UFW gathering. Delegates are tackling crucial state and national issues, including:
· Mobilizing during the fall election campaign to elect candidates who support a new amnesty for undocumented workers presently in this country.
· Aiding striking farm workers in Washington state, where since Aug. 16 the UFW has hammered out settlements over pay rates with nine apple producers and one peach grower so pickers could return to their jobs.
· Pushing for state legislation to reform abuses of farm workers by farm labor contractors.
· Continuing a UFW organizing drive begun in 1994 that has produced 20 union election victories and 24 new, or first-time, contracts with growers in a host of crops.
· Opposing Proposition 38, the statewide voucher initiative.
Who: Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante, 900 delegates and guests.
What: Dinner for delegates and Central Valley Latino local elected officials attending the UFW’s 15th Bienniel Constitutional Convention.
When: 6 p.m. reception, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000; Lt. Gov. Bustamante is slated to speak at 8 p.m.
Where: Fresno Convention Center, new Exhibit Hall, 848 M St. (between Tulare and Kings Canyon), downtown Fresno.
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