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Friday, April 28, 2023   

Workers in Washington state are holding a march this weekend ahead of May Day, which commemorates the workers' rights movement around the world.

The march will take place on Sunday in Mount Vernon, a town in northwest Washington with a large farmworker community.

Lelo Juarez, an organizer with Community to Community Development, a grassroots organization dedicated to food sovereignty and immigrant rights that's hosting the march, said it is meant to bring together laborers of every kind.

"It's for recognizing all workers and bringing all the community together," he said, "especially the immigrant community that don't have a lot of help."

The march is to begin at 10 a.m. at Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon. May Day is traditionally celebrated on May 1 and marks worker struggles around the world. It's a national public holiday in many countries.

Washington state has implemented rules to protect farmworkers in hot weather, such as requiring employers to ensure there are rest and water breaks. Juarez said the rules haven't gone far enough.

"The truth is as a farmworker I really didn't see those rules being applied at the field where I was working," he said, "and so we're asking the state to hold those companies accountable and make sure they are following those rules."

Juarez also is pushing for an immigrant resource center in Bellingham. He said the center wouldn't be for just farmworkers but would help many of them, especially those who don't speak English as a first language.

Disclosure: Community to Community Development contributes to our fund for reporting on Human Rights/Racial Justice, Livable Wages/Working Families, Poverty Issues, Sustainable Agriculture. If you would like to help support news in the public interest, click here.


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