Most farmworkers in the United States today aren’t represented by labor unions, but United Farm Workers is known by many as their voice…But UFW has been a much bigger voice for farmworkers on issues of social and labor justice and immigration reform, said Armando Ibarra, professor at the School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The union also has a sister organization that advocates for immigrant rights, among other things. “The impacts and the power and the influence of the UFW go far beyond those 10,000 members,” Ibarra said.
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Interviews: Professor Armando Ibarra