We need to tell you about a story that will break your heart, and then we need to ask you for help so we can prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again.
Will you help in a fight for justice? I received an email today from the United Farm Workers about a prevantable death of a young, pregnant woman. The Daily Kos and Docudharma communities can make a difference here. The cause is just and necessary.
I just spoke at the funeral of 17-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez. Maria was working in a grape vineyard outside Stockton during the 1st heat wave of this year. She became ill due to the heat as the farm labor contractor and grower she worked for, like many others, did not provide the protections required by law.
The death of this young pregnant girl is hard to accept because it did not need to happen.
This is not the first time farm workers have needlessly died from the heat. Ten have died over the last four years.
Arturo S. Rodriguez
President, UFW
Can you help the United Farm Workers? Will you fight for justice? More after the fold.