The United Farm Workers union said claims of 75% absences in Bakersfield were "not accurate" but that raids had caused ...

About 42% of U.S. farm workers are undocumented, and Trump's plan to deport millions of migrants could uproot the industry's workforce.

“The laws on the books are not the laws on the field,” said Roman Pinal, a United Farm Workers organizer. He helped distribute masks to farm workers in Oxnard, California, during the Hughes Fire.

President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are creating fear among migrant agricultural communities and could cause a ...

As soon as the Hughes Fire in Northern Los Angeles County erupted Jan.22, the United Farm Workers and other community groups knew they had to deploy thousands of N95 respirators to farmworkers in ...

Earlier this month, a nonprofit organization called Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS) and three offices owned by the United Farm Workers received postcards with discriminatory threats. The postcard ...

is causing widespread fear and anxiety among farm workers," Antonio De Loera, the communications director for the United Farm Workers labor union, said in an email statement to The Star.

And so many farmers did report that in those days while border patrol was active, they saw, higher absentee rates; a lot of workers not reporting to work," United Farm Workers communications ...