Opinion Editor Juan Esparza Loera provides a glimpse of farm worker leader César E. Chávez and how people view his movement.

Workers from the Yakima Valley crossed the Cascade Mountains this week to rally support for a boycott against a mushroom ...

DELANO, Calif. — Carolina Sanchez joined the United Farm Workers union in 2016 after the blueberry farm where she worked changed the daily rate for each pound she picked. “They said if you don ...

A statewide march was held in Delano, themed “Con Estas Manos / With These Hands,” and organized by the United Farm Workers (UFW), the California Federation of Labor Unions and SEIU California.

As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working to influence legislation ...

Since then, the United Farm Workers has continued its work. Farmworkers in Arizona help sustain a $30.9 billion agricultural economy, working in the fields in Yuma and in other production in Pinal ...

Chávez co-founded the United Farm Workers movement, which established the first credit union, health clinics, and daycare centers for farm workers. Chávez's work led to landmark legislation in ...

The initiative was started by Oxfam America, Costco Wholesale and American labour union United Farm Workers around 2008. In 2015, EFI spun out into an independent non-profit organization that also ...