Grapes of Wrath All Over Again

July flew by for many of us. Beaches, vacations, trying to find our way around the corner without getting lost or winding up on New Life Church's property...

However, for San Joaquin Valley farm workers, July brought on 31 days of struggle. In July, workers were exposed to toxic pesticides through two major poisonings; experienced heat law violations on a daily basis and were cheated by growers and foremen out of their already meager wages.

Yesterday, San Joaquin Valley farm workers held a press conference to bring a month-long list of labor violations to light. They demanded California enforce the laws and stop the agricultural industry from violating their rights.

The farm workers attending yesterday's press conference are sick and tired of leaving their lives in the hands of state organizations that are not able to enforce the law and growers who do not respect it.

Please stand up for these brave workers who took the huge step of speaking up for themselves and fighting a corrupt system. It just isn’t right that farm workers should face these daily abuses.

E-mail Cal OSHA--the agency responsible for protecting farm workers --TODAY. Tell Cal-OSHA enough is enough. Something needs to be done about growers ignoring the law.