Farms in Yuma have shifted from mass-produced field crops to high-value specialty crops. That means more money, more labor, more pesticides and, according to a growing body of research, more adverse health effects among farmworkers.
Working Americans keep the country moving forward, not the politicians in Washington, says Marisol Garcia, president of the Arizona Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union.
One worker advocate says this Labor Day was difficult, as many retirees and working families are at risk of losing the benefits labor movements have fought for decades to secure.
Ahead of Labor Day, leaders of Arizona’s largest unions called for working Arizonans to stand together against the Trump administration.
Hollywood studios and independent producers have long depicted the collective efforts of working people to improve their lives and gain a voice in their workplaces and the larger society.
Temperatures have already surpassed 110 degrees in Arizona this summer and for yet another season, most workers have few legal safeguards to protect them from the sweltering heat.
Nearly 400 Arizonans working to support their communities were placed on leave from AmeriCorps programs, and Democrat state officials are fighting back.
Thousands of people marched from the Arizona State Capitol to the Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in downtown Phoenix, in a "May Day" rally, marking opposition to Trump administration policies negatively affecting workers, and his actions against minority groups.
it’s time to stop the kickbacks to the ultra-rich and build a People-First Economy—one that puts Arizona's working families at the center.
Since January, Trump has abducted or deported nearly 140,000 people, issued over 140 executive orders, and signed five bills into law.
