SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas was a child growing up in California’s rural Central Coast, he watched his grandfather risk his job fighting in the farmworkers’ rights movement to bring a better life to his family and his fellow workers. He said he’ll focus on passing bills addressing affordability in the state and reviewing existing laws …
Workers march in September outside the French Laundry restaurant after Gov. “When it matters, he did not side with the workers who pick the grapes who build wealth that pays for his haircuts.” Jorts likes to make fun of Newsom’s hair. Assemblymember Mark Stone of Monterey Bay reintroduced a nearly-identical measure this year, and told me yesterday he’s feeling optimistic …
One protester has died as farmworkers cut off transit on the main highway to the capital Lima, stranding food trucks. Mineworkers in Peru on Friday joined a growing group of farmworkers in blocking major highways throughout the country, ratcheting up pressure on newly appointed interim President Francisco Sagasti. The mineworkers joined continuing labour protests launched this week by Peruvian farmworkers, …
