Citrus Freeze Farm Workers Continue to Hold Vigils in Central Valley Offices
UFW Foundation Urges Congress Members Costa, Nunes
to Include Farm Workers in Federal Relief Funding
What: Farm workers devastated by the citrus freeze are currently holding vigil sit-ins in Congress members Costa and Nunes’ offices urging them to push the House Appropriations Committee to include federal relief for farm workers when finalizing the President’s recent declaration.
What: Farm workers devastated by the citrus freeze are currently holding vigil sit-ins in Congress members Costa and Nunes’ offices urging them to push the House Appropriations Committee to include federal relief for farm workers when finalizing the President’s recent declaration.
President Bush declared California a federal disaster area on Tuesday, but little details have been released whether or not the federal funding will apply to farm workers. Approximately 28,000 citrus farm workers may be left jobless as a result of the freeze in the San Joaquin Valley alone.
Where: Vigil Sit-ins held at the following offices until 5 p.m. TODAY:
Congress member Jim Costa (D-CA)
855 M Street, Suite 940
Fresno, CA
Congress member Devin Nunes (R-CA)
113 North Church Street, Suite 208
Visalia, CA
Visuals: Farm workers praying at vigil sit-ins urging Congress members Costa and
Nunes to push the House Appropriations Committee to include federal relief for farm workers.