Farmworkers To Stage Daily Events At State Capitol

Ayatollahgondola · #1 06-26-2011, 07:53 PM

Farmworkers union plans to badger Governor Brown each day this week with protesters to encourage his signing the farmworker vote bill. The events list shows one every day

http://publicdocumentdistributors.co...=1067#post1067

Rim05 · #2 06-27-2011, 05:55 AM

I know it is getting hot however, if they can protest then, why can't we?

Ayatollahgondola · #3 06-30-2011, 05:47 AM

United Farm Workers lose this time. Brown vetoed the bill yesterday.
Brown sided with the big money agribusiness, and the UFW suffers a setback to its strategy to save its' dying organization

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalert...jerry-bro.html

Quote:

Earlier in the afternoon, Democratic lawmakers and their staffers brought chairs and couches down from their offices for the farmworkers to use.

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalert...#ixzz1QlcMvFXl