Historic United Farm Worker Union Contract Signed
by Boardman Dairy Workers, First in the State of Oregon
Following four and a half years of struggle, the groundbreaking contract was ratified by the dairy and farm workers on July 8 and entered into effect on July 15, 2007, with Threemile Canyon Farms LLC, Boardman, Oregon.
A News Conference will feature union representatives including Arturo Rodriguez, President of the United Farm Workers, and worker members of the negotiating team of the Threemile Canyon Farms, plus Erik Nicholson, UFW International Director, Guest Worker Program, and key community supporters who have accompanied and advocated for this process, and others who have honored the commitment first articulated by Cesar Chavez for worker justice.
When: Monday, July 16, 2007, 9:00 AM
Where: Rose City Park Presbyterian Church
1907 NE 45th Avenue (NE Sandy Blvd at 45th), Portland, OR 97213
Please enter at the Office door up the ramp on the Sandy Blvd side of the building.
Contact & RSVP: Steven Witte, Regional Director UFW
Pacific Northwest Region, United Farm Workers Union
Office phone 503 288 3528 Cell 503 421 4908 www.ufw.org
Founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s first successful and largest farm workers union currently active in 10 states. The UFW continues to organize and represent farm workers, including 27,000 farm workers who labor under union contracts at least one day out of the year. Recent years have witnessed dozens of key UFW union contract victories, among them the largest strawberry, rose, winery and mushroom firms in California and the nation.
Many recent UFW-sponsored laws and regulations aide farm workers, including last year when the union convinced California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to issue the first state regulation in the U.S. preventing further heat deaths of farm workers. The UFW is also pushing its historic bipartisan and broadly backed AgJobs immigration reform bill.
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