Farmworkers March to Demand Just conditions- With Updates

Farmworkers March Demand Just conditions




April 28th, 2003 In this article, I feel the need to be selfish. My experiences in marching with this group have had a profound effect on how I feel about this assignment. My hope is that those of you reading this article will be able to experience the struggle vicariously, and that you will have a greater, more profound understanding of what C.I.T.A., Rural Migrant Ministry, and other groups hope to accomplish with this march.
April 28th Update



April 24th Update

Updates and more photos from Eastern and Western Marches

April 23, 2003. The CITA marchers ended the day in Oneida, NY after walking through snow and freezing rain. Last night they were greeted in Syracuse, NY at the Federal Building where about 60 people came out to support the rights of Farmworkers. A few new marchers joined the group today. A RV accompanies the marchers with 2 large banners, one reads "Farmworkers Feed the World" and the other reads "Farm workers deserve equal rights".


April 21, 2003 Farmworkers and their supporters fighting for the right to collective bargaining, overtime pay, and other basic benefits are beginning their second day of a 180 mile state-long march in Auburn, New York Tuesday Morning. CITA (Centro Independiente de Trabajadores Agricolas (The Independent Farmworkers Center)), organized the March to build support for passage of the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act, which would end the exclusion of Farmworkers from basic worker protections.



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