California Secretary of Labor Stewart Knox and leaders from the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), Employment Development Department (EDD), and the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) gathered in Calexico for the annual Farmworkers Appreciation Breakfast, where they served more than 2,500 farmworkers.
California’s farmworkers feed the nation, as California farms produce half the country’s vegetables and over three-quarters of the country’s fruits and nuts. And yet despite the critical nature of their work, farmworkers – many of whom are immigrants or living in mixed-status households – face fear and uncertainty at home and at work as their communities experience ongoing attacks by federal immigration enforcement.
California is committed to protecting the labor rights of farmworkers and all workers and is a national leader with some of the strongest workplace standards in the country. These standards are guaranteed under the law and ensure dignity, fairness, and safety on the job.
“The breakfast brings California’s vital and hardworking farmworker community together with the working people at the Labor & Workforce Development Agency and our departments who hold the responsibility of protecting these workers and their workplaces,” said Secretary Knox. “Serving the community strengthens our commitment and emphasizes that farmworkers are and will remain a priority for California.”
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