Farm Workers

Economy & Labor

Digging into the history of the ‘César Chávez of Texas’

Raul Alonzo

A UFW split – and Antonio Orendain’s role in it – prompted a little-known chapter in the Texas farm worker struggle.

Norma Ramirez holds up the hat her father, Don Claudio Ramirez, wore while holding the banner of the Texas Farm Workers Union on a march that began in San Juan, Texas, and ended in Washington, D.C.

Economy & Labor

In 1977, a farmworkers’ march to DC sought to turn the eyes of the nation onto Texas

Raul Alonzo

The Texas Farm Workers Union journeyed 1,600 miles in search of an audience with President Jimmy Carter.

Alejandro Rosel holds up a childhood photo of himself, his older brother and his older sister, Manuela, who was killed in a tragic accident when their family lived as migrant farmworkers in the Midwest. Today Rosel is a social studies teacher who often brings his memories growing up within the Texas Farm Workers Union into the classroom to get students excited about local history.

Economy & Labor

Has the history of the Texas Farm Workers Union been effectively preserved?

Raul Alonzo

Many of the union’s participants want to see more lasting testaments to its legacy. But what would that look like?

Jay Bragg, the associate director of the commodity and regulatory activities division at the Texas Farm Bureau, said it's hard to find workers in rural communities to help on farms.

Economy & Labor

Without enough workers in the U.S. to fill jobs, ranches and farms in Texas look abroad

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom

An analysis by The Texas Newsroom found a 36% increase in the demand for foreign workers in the state in just one year.

Migrant workers harvest strawberries at a farm near Oxnard, California. (Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images)

Radio Indígena Becomes Key Source Of Coronavirus Information For Many Farm Workers

Radio Indígena in Oxnard, California, shares information in indigenous languages such as Mixteco, Zapoteco, Triqui and more.

San Antonio

San Antonio's 'Dark Chapter': Remembering Pecan Shellers' Strike of 1938

Brian Kirkpatrick

In honor of Labor Day, this is a story many San Antonians might have never heard of: the 1938 pecan shellers’ strike.University of Texas History Professor…

News

San Antonio Celebrates Labor Day with Farm Worker March

David Martin Davies

San Antonio celebrated Labor Day with a downtown march that remembered the 490 mile march that Texas farm workers completed 50 years ago.The Labor Day…

Texas

Texas Matters: 50 Years Marching For Labor And Farm Worker Rights

David Martin Davies

On this Labor Day, a look back to 50 years ago – a labor fight, a strike and a legendary march for better wages, improved working conditions and human…