Farmworker Awareness Week & other news

In case you'd missed it, this week is also "Farmworker Awareness Week", which is:

"a nation-wide week of action for students and community members to raise awareness about farmworker issues on their campuses and in their communities."

Did you know that:

The Bush Administration has proposed extensive and devastating changes to the H-2A program. These changes would drastically lower wages, labor protections, and housing standards for farmworkers, severely limit the ability of U.S. workers to obtain employment with H-2A employers, and limit the oversight and enforcement of the few protections that remain.

Learn more and take action at the wonderful folks at Farmworker Justice's page.


Also check out this article on Farmworker Awareness Week in the GristMill (Seattle), more from the great kick off event friday night in Philly, and if you hadn't heard of the 100 workers who are fighting for their livelihoods and marching from New Orleans to DC, read about it here!