New York
N.Y. farm workers are being denied their rights
The United Farm Workers, in a drive mostly by female organizers, helped New York farm workers organize and vote for the union at four apple companies — Wafler Farms, Cahoon Farms, Porpiglia Farms, and A&J Kirby — and one vegetable ranch, Lynn-Ette Fa
Sometimes things come full circle. In 1966, my father, New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, made the first of two visits to Delano, Calif., becoming the only national political figure to unequivocally embrace striking Filipino and Latino grape pickers an... [4612 chars]