{"id":3574,"date":"2022-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/3574\/cesar-chavez-was-an-environmentalist-and-other-things-you-might-not-know-about-californias-farmworker-movement\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T05:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T05:30:54","slug":"cesar-chavez-was-an-environmentalist-and-other-things-you-might-not-know-about-californias-farmworker-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/cesar-chavez-was-an-environmentalist-and-other-things-you-might-not-know-about-californias-farmworker-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez was an environmentalist and 5 other things you might not know about California\u2019s farmworker movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>Farmworkers, like many other Black and Brown communities in this country, are practically sacrificed for the financial gain of major agricultural corporations.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/9c5345d1-gp0stp791_medium_res_with_credit_line.jpg' alt='Ecological Blueberries in California' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'>Ecological blueberries being picked at UC Santa Cruz, California, USA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planeta G is back for Season 2 where we\u2019re telling the real stories of powerful latinx\/latine activists and farmworkers who are fighting for their communities.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today\u2019s episode, we are talking with two incredible farmworkers and organizers who are standing on the shoulders of giants and moving mountains.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I found my way to working in the environmental movement through farmworker organizing, so I\u2019ve always wanted to do a Planeta G episode that connected these issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABIROKjNopQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During and after college, I focused my attention on US farmworkers and farmworker movements. My first two jobs brought me into all corners of this country to help farmworkers organize, protect themselves from harmful chemicals, and fight for fair wages. I saw the incredible struggles in places like Imokelee, Florida (where farmworkers created a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ciw-online.org\/campaign-for-fair-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">successful campaign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to fight for fair wages), and the Central Valley, California (also known as \u201cAmerica\u2019s salad bowl\u201d). Working with farmworkers made me realize I wanted to do more for the environmental movement. Seeing the cycle of climate fueled migration, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buse of workers rights in our capitalist economy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, toxic exposure to contaminated water, fossil fuels, and industrialized agriculture, and the limited recourse so many of the workers had was devastating.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmworkers, like many other Black and Brown communities in this country, are practically sacrificed for the financial gain of major agricultural corporations. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having all manner of fresh fruits and vegetables all times of the year for cheap? Let\u2019s do it on the backs of farmworkers. Grow fruits and vegetables faster and easier? Sacrifice farmworkers and their families who are exposed to toxic chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides. Work through extreme heat worsened by climate change, fires, and other extreme weather? Farmworkers do it to prevent losing their jobs and to feed their families. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>We cannot live in a world where the lives of so many are put at risk for the financial gain of a few.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this Planeta G episode, I talked to Lupe Marinez, who was born in Brownsville, Texas, and moved to California with his family in 1964 to start working in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. While working in the grape fields in Ducor, Lupe met several organizers from the United Farm Workers, including C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez. He\u2019s dedicated his life to working with the Union and the Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Si se puede, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, and what we can learn from a history of organizing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez was a labor leader and civil rights activist who together with Dolores Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers labor union. The Union, through it\u2019s powerful strikes and actions, changed the landscape for farmworkers, not just in California, but across the country. My first guest, Lupe Martinez, who worked for the union throughout his life (make sure you stick around for the clip after the credits where we meet Lupe\u2019s amazing wife, Maria) reminded me Ch\u00e1vez was in fact one of the first environmentalists. When almost no one was talking about the toxic effects of pesticides and other chemicals on farmworkers and their families, the UFW made health and safety a central demand to protect workers. In 1970, after years of struggle, the Delano grape farmers and the UFW were up against signing a contract, not just for more fair wages, but also introducing a health plan with new safety measures regarding the use of pesticides. But, when this contract expired in the early 80s, Chavez started one of his most important protests, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/1991\/12\/4\/the-grape-travesty-pbtboday-it-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the table grapes boycott in McFarland, CA,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then known as &#8220;cancer town,&#8221; because of its childhood cancer clusters caused by pesticides and fertilizers. The poisons came from drinking water tainted with the very chemicals used to grow the crops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1988, outraged at the undue influence of the pesticide and fertilizer industries, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecologycenter.org\/chavez\/environmentalism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he began a devastating hunger strike that lasted 36 days, drinking only water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The &#8220;Fast for Life,&#8221; which was supported by several celebrity activists, cost him 30 pounds and the weakening of his already frail body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together they were able to ban or restrict the use of some of the most lethal chemicals pesticides such as DDT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, farmworkers are often still exposed to toxic chemicals, not just from pesticides and fertilizers, but also run off water from nearby oil extraction sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-87558 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/77cd101e-mariasalinaseng.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the fight continues on! Later in the episode, I talk to Maria Salinas, a Chatina woman and farmworker who lives in Sonoma County, California and works in the grape fields. Maria is a leader in the Movimiento Cultural de la Uni\u00f3n Ind\u00edgena campaign, where she organizes Indigenous meetups to celebrate dance, culture and food. She is originally from Cerro del Aire, Santo Reyes Nopala in Southern Oaxaca, and works with North Bay Jobs with Justice to fight for her community. She also provides interpretation between Chatina language and Spanish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonoma county is on the forefront of the climate crisis. With increasingly intense wildfires, communities often face not just the dangers of the fires, but the suffocating smoke and ash. Farmworkers can lose their livelihoods if they don\u2019t work, or risk their lives if they do. The region is known to many for their wine\u2013and by organizing in this influential multi-million dollar industry, workers have been able to fight for a safer, more just work place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>5 for Farmworkers in Fires<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northbayjobswithjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay Jobs with Justice<\/a>, Maria is fighting for 5 specific demands during fire season:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Language Justice<\/strong>: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Safety and evacuation training for farmworkers should be held in the workers\u2019 first language, including Indigenosu languages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Disaster Insurance: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like growers, who often receive insurance pay when their crops are harmed due to disasters, farmworkers should continue to receive pay during wildfire season when they can\u2019t work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Community Safety and Observers: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community members are ready to volunteer to act as community safety observers and will be trained before harvest starts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Premium Hazard Pay: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmworkers deserve premium hazard pay when they are working in unhealthy and dangerous environments like evacuation zones, smokey air, near wildfires, and extreme heat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Clean Bathrooms + Water: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased numbers of workers during harvest combined with ash and soot from wildfires quickly dirties already crowded porta-potties. All farmworkers deserve clean bathrooms and water during harvest and wildfires<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch episode 2 to learn more:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABIROKjNopQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missed episode 1? Or season 1? Check them out now! It\u2019s not too late!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMlyZwczKXg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si se puede! And don\u2019t forget to tune in next Tuesday for the last episode in our second season of Planeta G.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planeta G is back for Season 2 where we\u2019re telling the real stories of powerful latinx\/latine activists and farmworkers who are fighting for their communities. 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