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An American Hero Joins Lewis & Clark, Medgar Evers and Sacagawea

Maurice Jourdane | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Juan Garcia, Cesar Chavez, Farmworkers Struggle, Launching, Christening, Ufw, Lewis & Clark Series, United Farm Workers, USNS Cesar Chavez, Latino Voices News

Last week, on Cinco Mayo in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the United States Navy christened and launched the USNS Cesar Chavez over Republican opposition for naming the cargo ship after the civil rights leader and union activist.

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For Cesar Chavez Day, Can Pomona College Give Peace a Chance? Si, Se puede!

María Elena Durazo | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez Day, Undocumented Immigrants, Ufw, Afl-Cio, Immigration, Immigrants, Pomona College, Labor Unions, Cesar Chavez, Immigration Reform, Labor, Organizing, Union Organizing, Maria Elena Durazo, Unite Here, Unions, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Latino Voices News

The fight for a union at Pomona's dining hall continues, and unfortunately, so does the Pomona Administration's opposition.

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The Farm Workers and Jerry Brown Make Up, For Now

William Bradley | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Darrell Steinberg, Cesar Chavez, California, Arturo Rodriguez, United Farm Workers, Jerry Brown, Farm Workers, Farm Workers Union, Ufw, California Politics, Unions, Workers Rights, Los Angeles News

The canny Brown negotiated new legislation that allows the UFW some progress without granting its card check goal, thus turning a rally that would otherwise have been a protest of his policies into a muted celebration.

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Celebrating Cesar Chavez Day In Los Angeles

Venice, CA Patch | 8:52am | Posted 05.31.2011

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Happy César Chávez Day. California state offices, including the Department of Motor Vehicles and Los Angeles Superior Courts, will be closed Thur...

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Help Not Wanted?

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Rather Reports, Dan Rather, United Farm Workers, Stephen Colbert, Immigration, Ufw, Saxby Chambliss, Business News

I have no interest in bickering over the strategic wisdom of Stephen Colbert's appearance before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, but I do have a bone to pick with his message.

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Who's That Guy Behind Colbert?

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Opus Moreschi, Arturo Rodriguez, Ufw, Congressional Testimony, Immigrant Farm Workers, Stephen Colbert Testimony, Media News

Opus Moreschi counterpoints Colbert's monologue perfectly. He's working the room with his eyes, his attention alternating between Colbert and members of the committee, like a scientist coolly observing an experiment.

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NO JOKE: Stephen Colbert To Testify Before Congress On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert will be testifying before Congress on Friday about immigration during a hearing called "Protecting America's Harve...

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SEIU Uses Fear, Lies, and Million$ to Sway Kaiser Workers

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Labor, Ufw, Labor Day, Kaiser Permanente, Nuhw, Labor Unions, Seiu, Politics News

SEIU is not promoting its efforts at Kaiser hospitals for good reason. Its campaign is taking a page from the playbook of professional union-busters by avoiding public debate, instead seeking to sway workers through lies and fear.

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The (Un)Sexy Side of Immigration Reform

Philip Wolgin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration, Ufw, Agjobs, Cir, Visas, Immigration Reform, Visa, Illiegal Immigration, Border Patrol, Border Security, Undocumented Workers, Politics News

I am amazed at how much of the current immigration debate still centers around only two things: border security, and earned legalization. We are missing one of the most important facet of reform: fixing the visa system.

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UPDATED: Colbert Speaks for Farmworkers: Take Our Jobs, Please!

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Ciw, Farming, Food, Immigration, Unemployment, Farmworkers, Ufw, Politics News

Migrant workers are not in fact taking away jobs from Honest-to-Glenn-Beck Americans. They are doing jobs that are vital to our national economy and that no one else will do.

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SEIU to "Create WWIII" to Drive NUHW Out of Hospitals

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dolores Huerta, Labor, Nuhw, Mary Kay Henry, Unite Here, " Eliseo Medina, Ufw, Labor Unions, Seiu, Politics News

According to published minutes from an April 10, 2010 SEIU-UHW meeting, SEIU plans to "Basically create WWIII" in order to drive NUHW organizers and s...

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Obama's Message to Undocumented Immigrants: No Se Puede

Will Perez, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Immigration Reform, Yes We Can, Undocumented Immigrants, DREAM Act, Obama Immigration, Immigration, Obama State of the Union, Ufw, Si Se Puede, Los Angeles News

Perhaps neglecting to lay out an immigration reform agenda in his State of the Union address was the best thing president Obama could have done for immigration reform.

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Yes, Obama Can Honor Cesar Chavez's Legacy

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Labor, Ufw, Farmworkers, Labor Unions, Workers, Nlra, Politics News

President Obama harnessed the "Yes We Can " spirit in winning the presidency. He can now honor Cesar Chavez's legacy by giving farm workers federal labor protections at least equal to those afforded other workers.

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What Next, Obama Volunteers?

Dave Belden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Ufw, Obama Volunteers, David Plouffe, Organizing for America, President Obama, Politics News

Obama appealed to his volunteers to join a new organization, Organizing for America. Can an elected politician start a mass grassroots movement? Can it work to promote major change?

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Cesar Chavez at the Root of Obama's Campaign: Grassroots Latino Voter Outreach

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Yes We Can, Obama National Latino Advisory Council, California Primary, Strategy, California, Miguel Contreras, "Camp Obamas, Primary, Outreach, Los Angeles, " Eliseo Medina, 2008 Election, Obama Campaign, Obama Supporters, Cesar Chavez, Nonviolence, Marshall Ganz, Latino Voters, 1968, Organizing Drives, Fast for Our Future, Sharon Delugach, Door-to-Door Campaigning, UFW, Si Se Puede, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, On the Ground, Robert Kennedy, Politics News

If Barack Obama's campaign wins on November 4th, LA should be identified as the birthplace of the grassroots voter outreach strategy that dramatically changed the political course of the US.

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