The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 12: UFW Celebrates 50 Years of Success

May 25, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 50th anniversary, antonio villaraigosa, barack obama, bob king, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers, hilda solis, Joaquin Magon, maria elena salinas, Salinas, si se puede, UFW, united auto workers, United Farm Workers

The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 12: UFW Celebrates 50 Years of Success The United Farm Workers of America celebrated its 50th anniversary last week during its 19th national convention in Bakersfield, California.

Joaquín Magón: Remembering César

April 1, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers, Joaquin Magon, UFW, United Farm Workers

    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 11: Remembering César I never met César. The opportunity to shake his hand or hear him speak in person is not one that I had.

The Diary Of Joaquín Magón Entry 10: Why Does it Have to be this Way?

February 13, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Joaquin Magon, UFW, United Farm Workers

“It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.”

The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 7: Attrition

October 25, 2011 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: attrition, Coachella, community, Farm Workers, Joaquin Magon, UFW

Entry 7: Attrition [uh-trish-uh n] I read an article on numberusa.com titled “Attrition Through Enforcement is the True Middle-Ground for Enforcement,” that argued that the new anti-immigration strategy is not deportation en mass but the creation of a culture so hostile towards immigrants that they will willingly return to their country of origin.

Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 6: Peregrinación

September 26, 2011 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: community, Farm Workers, Governor Jerry Brown, Joaquin Magon, SB 126, UFW, United Farm Workers

ENTRY 6 On August 23, the United Farm Workers embarked on a 200-mile, 13-day march that wound through the streets of California to pressure Governor Jerry Brown to pass the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now Act, or SB 126, a bill that would make it easier for farm workers to unionize.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 4

July 21, 2011 / By paulina
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Farm Workers, hope, Jerry Brown, Sacramento, SB 104, UFW

Reactions to the Veto SB 104 from Sacramento We’ve been in a struggle that has tested every inch of my abilities and patience.