On Aug. 19, the Chicano Youth Center in Fresno hosted a fundraising event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Farm Workers (UFW) strike in the grape industry. The strike began on April [...] Continue Reading
Organized Labor
Tulare: Huelga de Choferes de Buses Termina con Victoria
El 8 de Julio, las rutas fijas de autobuses de Visalia, Dial-A-Ride, Sequoia Shuttle y V-Line fueron suspendidas porque los conductores se declararon en huelga. Es sorprendente ver el tránsito del [...] Continue Reading
Trabajadores Domésticos, Recurso Subestimado en EE.UU.
(Nota del editor: Esta nota fue publicada originalmente por Ethnic Media Services) Los trabajadores domésticos en los Estados Unidos están mal pagados y explotados y en gran medida, están exentos [...] Continue Reading
Patient Care Crisis
On May 25, a sea of purple engulfed the Capitol in Sacramento. More than 600 healthcare workers, medical assistants, home caregivers, clinic workers, resident physicians and patients wearing purple [...] Continue Reading
Crisis de Atención al Paciente
El 25 de mayo un mar púrpura envolvió el capitolio. Más de 600 trabajadores de la salud, asistentes médicos, cuidadores domiciliarios, trabajadores de clínicas, médicos residentes y pacientes que [...] Continue Reading
Celebrating International Workers Day
BY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE STAFF More than 200 people marched through downtown Fresno on May 1 for International Workers Day demanding immigration reform and honoring workers throughout the world. It [...] Continue Reading
May Day in Fresno 2023
Video: https://youtu.be/phufOFxzY_U This video illustrates who attended the march and some of the groups involved in organizing this years May Day celebration. **** (The following history of [...] Continue Reading
May 1 March in Fresno
By Community Alliance Staff The Coalición 1 de Mayo is organizing a march and rally on May 1 to celebrate International Workers’ Day and to demand an immigration reform. The Coalición will be [...] Continue Reading
Happy Birthday, Dolores
On April 10, civil rights icon Dolores Huerta turns 93. She keeps her indomitable energy and passion for social justice, women’s rights and more. How is she going to celebrate? In Sacramento, she [...] Continue Reading
Abuso laboral: tibios e indiferentes
(Nota del Editor: Esta nota fue originalmente publicada en www.hispanicla.com) Llegué a los Estados Unidos cuando las marchas por la reforma migratoria llenaban las calles de las grandes ciudades [...] Continue Reading
The Growth of Low-Wage Jobs in California’s Central Valley
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Fresnoland.org, a nonprofit news organization.) As the central San Joaquin Valley sees a rise in warehousing and other low-wage jobs—some [...] Continue Reading
A Chapter in a People’s History of the San Joaquin Valley
On Oct. 4, 1933, 5,000 cotton workers in Corcoran voted to strike after growers lowered wages below those of the previous season. The strike began at the Tagus Ranch in Tulare County but soon spread [...] Continue Reading