CV S10 Ep 3 What We Deserve: The Fight for Farmworker Overtime Continues

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English - February 08, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Previous Episode: CV S10 Ep 2: 2023 Legislative Session

Next Episode: CV S10 Ep 4: Mt Baker Roofing Work Stoppage

In this episode, Rosalinda Guillen, Australia Tobon, and Liz Darrow discuss the corporate ag bill, SB 5476, which is yet another attempt to decimate farmworker overtime before it has even been fully implemented. If passed, SB 5476 would allow growers to choose any 12 week period to deny farmworkers overtime pay.

THE DEADLINE TO OPPOSE THIS BILL IS THURSDAY FEB 9TH at 7 am. Sign in "Con" to officially register your opposition to this bill.

Read more about the history of the fight for farmworker overtime.

Email Senator Keiser and tell her not to move this bill forward.

Music in this episode:
No nos moverán · La Rondalla Amerindia de Aztlán

Watch the Historic Case Wins Overtime for Dairy Workers video from Columbia Legal Services.

Watch the Video Poemas produced in collaboration with the California Institute for Rural Studies, the COVID-19 Farmworker Study Collective, and Campesinos from California, Oregon, and Washington.

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