Seen making the rounds on Socials, Migrants in CA are preparing to strike, our FOOD chain is gonna get squirrely...

[FirstLight]

First, I wanted to share this 10 min video from an activist who outlines the specifics of how the migrant farm workers are preparing to abandon the fields, and what that will do to our already limping economy and supply chains. Also, she gives some good advice on praparing for a General Strike with suggestions for links.
Whether you agree with it or not, it might be a good idea to prepare ... start filling your pantry if possible...

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Also, here's the thread on Redditt about the Migrants in CA organizing a full on strike during our current harvet season. Food will be out there rotting... wonder how this will also affect meat and dairy...?

https://www.reddit.com/r/union/comments/1lsthcc/farm_workers_strike_is_coming/

There's several threads on this on Redditt, and I picked the one with more comments for your reading pleasure...

Anyway, this is a big deal, and won't be getting any play by the MSM until it's happening, or maybe not at all, considering they will keep the narrative of "Everything's FINE"

[kerouac2]

1. At least there isn't a threat of tariffs on food import

Oh wait, there is!

Stupidity isn't enough of an excuse, gop has to intentionally be doing these things to cause harm.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Be careful about information sources on this topic

First and foremost, I have not seen any statements from the UFW, the union that represents many farm workers, about a strike.

Second, a large number of workers are already staying away from the fields, as high as 70-80% for some farms.

[FirstLight]

3. I honestly dont think the union would advertize... BUT

I've seen other post on socials as well, and it looks like the union is behind it...

And even with 70% of farm workers not picking, we're looking at a LOT of food going to waste.

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. If there was an authorized strike, the union would have to notify the employers

If this was an unauthorized wildcat strike by union workers, the employer could bring in scabs at lower wages.

If it’s a wildcat strike by non-unionized workers, well, isn’t that what is already happening in many places?

See what I mean about the reliability of information sources?

[FirstLight]

7. did more digging... here's the breakdown...

California Farm workers are organizing this, and using a petition online to also gain traction, here's the Instagram post copied:

LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) is not organizing the strike

But activists behind the movement are linking to LULAC’s petition because it asks for the same demands the strike is pushing for like protections for undocumented essential workers and immediate pathways to citizenship

So what IS the petition?

It’s called “Protect Essential Workers” and it’s on LULAC’s official site
When you sign it, your info gets sent to Congress asking them to legalize essential workers including farmworkers who’ve held this country up through pandemics, fires, heat waves, and more. They’ve earned their dignity, protection, and peace of mind

This is a strategic move. Activists are using a credible petition from an established org to give people a real action step. Doesn’t mean LULAC is behind the strike. But it does mean this movement is smart, organized, and pushing the right buttons

But here’s the question a lot of people are too nervous to ask out loud
Is it actually real if there’s no date and it’s all “TBD”?

And here’s a fact that doesn’t get shared enough

🔹 About 73 percent of farmworkers in the U.S. are immigrants
🔹 Roughly half are undocumented
🔹 These are the people planting, picking, packing, and processing the food you eat
🔹 They do backbreaking work in extreme heat for poverty wages
🔹 And during COVID, they were called essential while being denied basic protections
(Source: USDA Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Workers Survey)

So yes, this is real
And long overdue

But here’s why some people are unsure
There’s no set strike date. Just “within 48 hours’ notice”
No confirmed union support like UFW or CIW yet
No official press releases, websites, or public safety plans
Nothing in the news cycle from major outlets

So here’s the truth

It’s real in the way a storm on the horizon is real
The clouds are forming. The pressure is building. People are watching
It’s not fake
But it’s not fully formed

It’s a movement in motion
And sometimes that’s the most powerful place to be
If enough people take it seriously, it becomes real

#HuelgaParaLaDignidad #FarmworkerStrike #ProtectEssentialWorkers #ImmigrantRights #LULAC #thisisnotnew
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DLz24TiRfH5/

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(Repost @cultura_movement @jcfrias )
LINK IN BIO FOR PETITION,
Will share more about strike when more info. Stay tuned.

A national farmworker strike is coming.
It’s called Huelga Para La Dignidad—and it’s not just about labor. It’s about survival.
Farmworkers are demanding immediate citizenship, an end to raids and deportations, and protections for all undocumented essential workers.

California produces most of the nation’s fruit, vegetables, nuts, and wine.
Without labor, there is no harvest. Without justice, there will be no silence.

📢 Don’t wait until it’s too late.
🍎 Don’t buy produce during the strike.
📲 Share this post.
🗣️ Speak up and spread the word.
✍️ Sign the petition: https://lulac.org/act/protect-essential-workers
📌 Use the hashtag: #HuelgaParaLaDignidad

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLxmLxGOHIj/?img_index=1

[LT Barclay]

10. Awesome post. Thank you many times over. A great movie about similar situations is

Road to Glory with David Carradine as Woody Guthrie.
It might make you feel hopeful during this time.

[MichMan]

15. LULAC isn't a Labor Union, it is a political organization

[Bayard]

4. Important information

I'm running out of room to store the extra supplies I've been getting since trump was installed. We put in a large garden this year, and I've been canning the produce as fast as I can. (anyone need pickles?) I'm thinking of buying a bunch of produce raised by local farmers, that we aren't growing, and canning that too.

This video made me think of something else--is the big herding up of migrants a prelude to using them as slave labor when the un-imprisoned migrants leave? Is that the reason for the big push for numbers, and why he's starting to grab naturalized citizens? It would take awhile to gather up enough to replace the ones leaving, but I could see him also squashing any strike from migrant workers. He probably dreams of seeing his political enemies laboring in the fields.

Once again, if you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Any farm that used slave labor would face an immediate, vicious backlash and boycott.

Even if prices were cut very low, I find it hard to believe sales wouldn’t drop significantly.

[haele]

9. I don't think so. Lots of Ag jobs in some states are already being done by prison labor.

Typically in processing and packaging, which are more light manufacturing or subcontracted jobs.
A couple years ago, there was a PBS short on Worker's Comp that covered Prison Labor and their lack of Workers Comp affecting parolees and people who got released, but are now unable to work due to factory and other work accidents sustained during their incarceration.
Consumers buy "Made in the USA' Prison Labor items, including grocery products like cartons of eggs and containers of fruit, all the time

[Melon]

8. There are obviously meat and dairy in California

But not the majority. Cattle lots are largest in the west. Colorado and Nebraska. Dairy is also located throughout the central US and even East.

[Hekate]

11. Deleted -- need to reframe what I said

[Ping Tung]

12. A better solution that is more economic and humane. Make the migrants citizens. Allow them to work and pay taxes.

The comfort of the rich depends on an abundant supply of the poor. Voltaire

[MichMan]

13. Who are they bargaining with that has the power to grant them citizenship ?

Their employer can't do so.

[librechik]

14. what took them so long?

I will support them any way I can.

[pattyloutwo]

16. We can support them

[Scrivener7]

17. Good. We'll all have to hurt before the assholes back the fuck off.

Tell us how to support this.

[FirstLight]

18. I guess to support, look for the hashtags above...

I also posted the copied Instagram of the ones who gave the most info on the organizers.