For Release:Dec. 30, 2002
UFW endorses Arambula for Assembly
Citing his lifetime of involvement and support of farm workers, the United Farm Workers has endorsed Fresno County Supervisor Juan Arambula’s candidacy for the 31st Assembly District.
Arambula labored in the fields from age five until high school. His family worked under the first union contract negotiated by Cesar Chavez’s UFW, in 1966 at the Sierra Vista wine grape ranch owned by Schenley Industries. His brother, Salvador, was a UFW organizer in the late 1960s.
After graduating from high school, Juan Arambula worked with California Rural Legal Assistance and its Migrant Farm Worker Project in the early- and mid-1980s.
He has been a strong supporter of farm workers and UFW activities his entire life. Most recently, as a county supervisor he helped 50 Mixtec farm worker families move from a trailer park next to a toxic Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site to safe new homes of their own.
Last summer, Arambula joined marching farm workers in Sacramento after their 11-day, 165-mile trek up the Central Valley in support of the landmark new UFW-sponsored law granting field laborers binding mediation to win union contracts when growers drag out negotiation or engage in bad-faith bargaining.
The UFW’s National Executive Board voted last week to support Arambula. The 31st Assembly District is centered in Fresno County and also includes a portion of Tulare County.
UFW endorses Arambula for Assembly
Citing his lifetime of involvement and support of farm workers, the United Farm Workers has endorsed Fresno County Supervisor Juan Arambula’s candidacy for the 31st Assembly District.
Arambula labored in the fields from age five until high school. His family worked under the first union contract negotiated by Cesar Chavez’s UFW, in 1966 at the Sierra Vista wine grape ranch owned by Schenley Industries. His brother, Salvador, was a UFW organizer in the late 1960s.
After graduating from high school, Juan Arambula worked with California Rural Legal Assistance and its Migrant Farm Worker Project in the early- and mid-1980s.
He has been a strong supporter of farm workers and UFW activities his entire life. Most recently, as a county supervisor he helped 50 Mixtec farm worker families move from a trailer park next to a toxic Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site to safe new homes of their own.
Last summer, Arambula joined marching farm workers in Sacramento after their 11-day, 165-mile trek up the Central Valley in support of the landmark new UFW-sponsored law granting field laborers binding mediation to win union contracts when growers drag out negotiation or engage in bad-faith bargaining.
The UFW’s National Executive Board voted last week to support Arambula. The 31st Assembly District is centered in Fresno County and also includes a portion of Tulare County.
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