here is the farm with the long alley that went to the grandest barn that he built all on union farms. and then in this image of mount vernon it was painted in the late 1780, or early 90s, was one of the very few that showed the house that was provided for enslaved families. to the right of mount vernon is what was known as the house for families. when these visitors came to mount vernon, they saw the agricultural improvements, but they also saw the large number of enslaved laborers who were carrying out washington's innovations and were responsible for the changes in innovations that he had brought to mount vernon. and just as we recognize the power of the general term, farmer. so a new generation of anti slavery advocates were convinced that washington was there for their cause. and washington's emancipation of slave laborers. they encouraged other people to join them. the first appeal that is documented is from lafayette who invited washington to join him in an experiment to educate enslaved labor's, to be self supporting an independent tenants on the land. or the quaker leaders who

here is the farm with the long alley that went to the grandest barn that he built all on union farms. and then in this image of mount vernon it was painted in the late 1780, for early 90s was one of the very few that showed the house that was provided for enslaved families. to the right of mount vernon is what was known as the house for families. when these visitors came to mount vernon, they saw the agricultural improvements, but they also saw the large number of enslaved laborers who were carrying out washington's innovations and were responsible for the changes in innovations that he had brought to mount vernon. and just as we recognize the power of the general term, farmer. so a new generation of anti slavery advocates were convinced that washington was there for their cause. and washington's emancipation of slave laborers. they encouraged other people to join them. washington becomes their special target amongst all the families. the first appeal that is documented from lafayette, who invited washington to join him in an experiment to educate enslaved labor's, to be sub supportin

one of them, help farm workers unionize. more on the governor's big decisions. >> governor newsom has a busy week ahead. roughly about 550 bills on his desk and he has until friday midnight to sign them or veto. >> about 110 bills per day which is a pretty high volume. >> among the bills still awaiting approval is the controversy will farm workers unionization bill that would expand organizing rights or agricultural workers. farmworkers have been marching to the capital to raise awareness. biden and pelosi have urged the governor to sign it. >> we know that one of his press persons in august indicated that the governor still had the same concerns that he did when he vetoed last year's measure. >> other outstanding bills would allow jaywalking on empty streets. the governor vetoed a similar bill last year. a bill that would drastically change solitary confinement by limiting 15 consecutive days and no more than 45 days out of 180. this decision over the weekend to reject a bill that would have made it kindergarten mandatory.

one would hope farm workers unionize and another would make wide ranging to solitary confinement. liz kreutz has more peered >> governor newsom has a busy week ahead. roughly 550 bills still sitting on his desk and he has until friday at midnight to sign them or veto. >> roughly the need to do about 100 10 per day which is a high-volume. >> chris michaela is a longtime sacramento lobbyist and adjunct law professor closely tracking contia form wo awaitingrovais unionize a bill that would expand union organizing rights for agricultural workers. farmworkers have been capital te awareness and both president biden and speaker pelosi have urged the governor to sign it. >> we don't know for certain what the governor is going to do although we know that one of his press persons in august indicated the governor still had the same concerns he did when he vetoed last year's measure. >> other outstanding bills include one authored by san francisco assembly member phil ting that would allow jaywalking on empty streets. the governor vetoed a similar bill last year and a bill that would drastica

there are, in fact, union organizing going on in the 1930s. so the cio just like we talked about in the industrial setting, is in fact also in the agricultural setting, but they don't have the same protections. so you have certain organizing of temps, but they're not particularly successful. so here's another image of an agricultural worker this year. if you're interested in this topic. carey mcwilliams is an author in the 1930 to write this book called factories in the field. it's one of the first exposes about the discrimination farm workers face. so if we think about upton sinclair writing about the meatpacking industry. carey mcwilliams there's something very similar for the agricultural industry. he's the first one to really write about california from an immigrant lens. he writes about mexican laws and filipinos, and he really is trying to write about this new vision of the united states, one based on immigrants and workers here, too, like sinclair, is a political leftist and an activist and these could be seen as parallel books. but wha

the bill would allow farm workers to choose whether they want to vote in a union election in person, by mail, or submitting a card to an office. governor newsom vetoed a similar bill last year and indicated he does not support this bill in its current form. larry, thanks for joining us on labor day. tell me now in layman's terms why this is so important@union. >> it was 109 today at my house, and you got to believe for those farm workers, today is important for a lot of reasons, including the climate. but in this issue, the way we're talk about how things go now, typically the owners are right there with the process where they're voting and the farm workers feel that that leads to a certain kind of intimidation, that the owners should not be around. one of two things they want to do is first get rid of the owners, the growers while they're conducting their votes as to whether they should be unionized. and secondly, the reason they want to get rid of these guys is they're afraid if the growers are there while the union votes are occurring, that they might call i.c.e., the immigrations

time is running out for governor newsom to make a decision on a bill farm workers say would give them more union right? >> it comes as the governor has stated that he has concerns with the legislation as correspondent wallace now a celebrity in favor of the bill is getting involved, hoping his voice make a difference. >> today marks the 24th consecutive day. the united farm workers have had this vigil set up in front of the capitol and all these days later, rain or shine. their message to the governor remains the same. signed the brazen law. >> what union men and women that about it >> the united farm workers, labor union getting some star power today from activist and guitarist singer songwriter tom morello of the rock band rage against the machine. held this special pop-up concert outside the state capitol to urge governor newsom to sign assembly bill. 21 83 into law. the message for governor newsom is do the right thing and what the hell's wrong with you twice. why you siding with the growers over these people who low and fellow backers of the bill say if signed into law, the legis

. >> time is running out for governor newsom to make a decision on a bill farm workers say will give them more union right? it comes as the governor has stated, he has concerns with the legislation. capital correspondent wallace explains now a celebrity in favor of the bill is getting involved, hoping his voice is going to help make a difference. >> and even with the rain, they're still here and their message to the governor remains the same. >> sign the bill, ronald reagan law. what union men and women that about it said. >> united farm workers, labor union getting some star power from activist and guitar, singer-songwriter tom morello of the rock band rage against the machine. held this special pop-up concert outside the state capitol to urge governor newsom to sign assembly bill. 21 83 into law. the message for governor newsom is do the right thing and what the hell's wrong with you twice. why you siding with the growers over these people. and fellow backers of the bill say if signed into law, the legislation would make it easier for farmworkers to cast ballots remotely in union e

another measure on the governor's desk could increase union organizing rights for farm workers allowing them to vote in secrecy and outside. the workplace president. biden is advising governor newsom to sign the bill our guys take you to the east bay now a bit of a labor day tradition great barbecue on a hot summer day abc 7 news was at back 40 in pleasant hill where things really heated up for the pit master. there are four hot smokers going at once at 225 degrees on top of today's heatwave for 16 years the pit master has worked in front of the smokers. so it's not his first time experiencing a heat wave at work. the labor of love and we love what we do. so even on the hot days we're getting that barbecue out. the ribs one countless awards for their fall of fall off the bone ribs, and they do look good. i guess you don't have to worry about them getting cold when it's so hot outside, right? oh, you cook them on the sidewalks. oh my gosh. it was so hot today because that's an understatement like saying the ocean is wet. let me give you a look at what's happening right now after this day

another measure on the governor's desk could increase union organizing rights for farm workers allowing them to vote in secrecy and outside. the workplace president. biden is advising governor newsom to sign the bill our guys take you to the east bay now a bit of a labor day tradition great barbecue on a hot summer day abc 7 news was at back 40 in pleasant hill where things really heated up for the pit master. there are four hot smokers going at once at 225 degrees on top of today's heatwave for 16 years the pit master has worked in front of the smokers. so it's not his first time experiencing a heat wave at work. the labor of love and we love what we do. so even on the hot days we're getting that barbecue out. the ribs one countless awards for their fall of fall off the bone ribs, and they do look good. i guess you don't have to worry about them getting cold when it's so hot outside, right? oh, you cook them on the sidewalks. oh my gosh. it was so hot today because that's an understatement like saying the ocean is wet. let me give you a look at what's happening right now after this day

ab 2183 would change how farm workers could vote in union elections. if signed, the bill would give them the option to vote by mail. right now they have to vote in person on the grower's property. unions say that requirement allows for the possibility of voter suppression and retaliation. last week farm workers marched from the central valley to the state capitol, urging the governor to sign this bill. newsom vetoed a similar bill last year. >>> ab 257 is aimed at regulating the fast food industry. the bill creates a council that would set wages statewide and help improve working conditions. now any restaurant chain with more than 100 locations nationwide would fall under the council's jurisdiction. the council would be in place for six years, but could be reconvened by state lawmakers. >>> finally, california has led the nation in paid family leave for 20 years now, and sb 951 wants to boost family leave payments. right now, many low wage workers rarely take advantage of family leave because the payments are just too small. this bill would increase pa

mark: it sounds like the book "animal farm." it was a takeoff on the old soviet union. the livestock are looking in the window seeing the human beings eating and overweight. so they decide the workers being the animals will rise up and take over. at the end of the animals are looking in the window and who sitting in there in the place of the humans are the pigs. and the pigs are doing the same thing as the humans did. not to be crass, that's the democrat party. they are the pigs sitting at the table living it up while the rest of the country suffers. i was thinking about this earlier today, dan, how distant we are from our founding. and it's purposeful. we have elections every two years. it's what happens between those elections that makes a huge difference in our country. for the democrat party and marxist left, one has nothing to do with the other. they are committed through the bureaucracy, the courts, or elections or despite elections to advance their ideology or agenda. it was never on the line 87,000 irs engine. for the destruction of the gasoline automobile. even

lot stuff on. >> farm workers have been celebrating after governor newsom signed legislation aimed at expanding their union rights this summer. farm workers from across the state marched hundreds of miles to the capital. you might remember they were asking the governor to sign that bill into law and today of the governor stood alongside some of those same farmers. he did sign the bill. it creates new ways for the workers to vote and a union election, including giving them the option to get mail-in ballots to prevent another incident like the january 6 insurrection. lawmakers are updating the electoral count act. it was a rare show of bipartisanship yesterday. the senate rules committee green-lighted changes to the 135 year-old law. it passed with a 14 to one vote. only republican senator ted cruz of texas objecting that bill would raise the threshold for members of congress to object to electoral votes. and it clarifies that the vice president's role is purely ceremonial and prevent state lawmakers submitting so-called fake electors who do not reflect the will of the people. >> the el

at union farm. and in this image of mount vernon that was paid by savage in the late 1780s or early 90s was um, one of the very few that showed the housing was provided for enslaved families to the right of mount vernon is what was known as the house for families and when these visitors who came to mount vernon, of course, not only saw the agricultural improvements, but they saw the large number of enslaved labors who were carrying out washington's innovations who were responsible for the changes and innovations that he had brought to mount vernon and just just as agriculturalists on both sides of the atlantic recognized that the powerful symbol of the general turned farmer. so a new generation of anti-slavery advocates record. we're convinced that washington support for their cause and washington's emancipation of his own enslaved laborers would add a measurably to the abolitionist movement and encourage other people to join with him, or at that's what they thought. and washington becomes one of th

time is running out for governor newsom to make a decision on a bill farm workers say would give them. >> more union rights. it comes as the governor has stated he has concerns with the legislation as capital correspondent eytan wallace explains. now a celebrity is in favor of the bill getting involved. and he's hoping that his voice will make a difference. >> today marks the 24th consecutive day. the united farm workers of at this vigil set up in front of the capitol and even with the rain, they're still here and their message to the governor remains the same. >> signed the into law. what men and women that about it said. >> the united farm workers, labor union getting some star power today from activist and guitarist singer songwriter tom morello of the rock band rage against the machine. held this special pop-up concert outside the state capitol to urge governor newsom to sign assembly bill. 21 83 into law. the message for governor newsom is do the right thing and what the hell's wrong with you twice. why you siding with the growers over these people low and fellow backers of the b

a bill farm workers say will give them more union rights. it comes as the governor has stated he has concerns with the legislation as our capitol correspondent a time wallace explains. now a celebrity in favor of the bill is getting involved, hoping his voice will make a difference. today marks the 24th consecutive day. the united farm workers have had this vigil set up in front of the capitol and all these days later, rain or shine. their message to the governor remains the same. >> signed the bill. >> united farm workers, labor union getting some star power today from activist and guitarist singer songwriter tom morello of the rock band rage against the machine. held this special pop-up concert outside the state capitol to urge governor newsom to sign assembly bill. 21 83 law. the message for governor newsom is do the right thing and what the hell's wrong with you twice. >> y you siding with the growers over these and fellow backers of the bill say if signed into law, the legislation would make it easier for farmworkers to cast ballots rem

and you can see here the governor meeting with farm workers on wednesday after signing the bill, the governor's office previously criticized the bill taking issue with the proposed mail-in process that would allow individual workers to have ballots sent to union organizers 2 weeks ago, president biden voiced his support for the legislation. the new law is set to go into effect on january. 1st. >> it's 5.22. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a man is so wanted he was arrested after barricading himself in you st bay store. we to about this that happened at the rack, the nordstrom rack. we're going to tell you how police were able to catch up. it's 5, 25 and in the east bay. now we know what happened at nordstrom got the suspect in custody in pleasant hill. yeah, it happened tuesday afternoon. >> he's been identified as joseph allen ramos of concord. that standoff, as we know, started about 6 in the evening in contra costa county when sheriff's deputies were pursuing a man who was wanted for rape and domestic violence, the suspect and a crashing the stolen vehicle. he was drivin

the second is ab-2183 a measure backed by united farm workers that would expand union organizing rights for agricultural workers by allowing farm workers to vote in secrecy during union elections farm workers have marched to the capital in recent weeks to raise awareness to vote currently as the law stands farm workers have to vote right there in the middle of the fields on the employers premises on the employers property and that creates all sorts of issues of intimidation. them has yet to sign the bill but in a rare move over the weekend president biden released a statement urging the governor to do so. he said quote in the state with the largest population of farm workers. the least we owe them is an easier path to make a free and fair choice to organize a union and the governor vetoed a similar bill last year, but the united. farm workers say they're hopeful this year. he will sign a especially now with the urging of president biden vice president harris and speaker pelosi are backing it to we did reach out to the governor's office today for comment, but we have not yet heard back i

the united farm workers, labor union got some star power from activist and musician tom morello of the rock band rage against the machine morello held a pop-up concert outside the state capitol, urging governor newsom to sign assembly bill. 21 83 into law. >> farm workers say the bill will give them more union rights with the september 30th deadline. fast approaching time is running out for newsom to make a decision on this legislation. >> message for governor newsom is do the right thing and what the hell's wrong with you twice. why you siding with the growers over these people. >> supporters of the bill say it would make it easier for farmworkers to cast bal-ots remotely in the union elections. they argue it would make sure that workers are not intimidated by their bosses about how to vote when deciding whether or not to join a union. and newsom has expressed concerns with this bill specifically on whether it does enough to make sure that union elections are secure. and evacuation orders have been lifted for the mosquito fire, but it's tiffany and takes a look at what's next for wild

remember that lines on george or wells dystopian novel animal farm, that all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others. while the european union seems to have ripped a page from orwell, with its new visa policy for russian citizens, which has just been officially published. so under the new rules, russians will have to pay more for a visa to visit e. u. 80 euro's instead of 35 processing could take up to 45 days as opposed to the current 10 to 15. and multiple entry visas will be tougher to get. the e has also said that it could ask for more documents from applicants. the question is, what kind of added information could they request? and this is where they risk betraying their own stated principles. because apparently the e considers that some russians are indeed more equal than others. but who exactly the e u will remain open to certain categories of russian visa applicants traveling for essential purposes, including notably family members of you, you citizens, journalists, dissidence and civil society representatives. so in other words, there is a politi

in our state to unionize. the governor's office said that newsome wouldn't sign it in its current form. do you think that the presidency thumb on the scale will impact? ultimately, the governor's decision not only has a president weighed in on this, which is exceedingly rare to see the president weigh in on pending legislation. speaker nancy pelosi, other house democrats urging the governor to sign it. so as you said governor , newsom has telegraphed his concerns. he vetoed a previous version, but particularly for an elected official, was clearly an ambitious one. certainly i have to think that pushback from members of the democratic party at the highest level would factor into governor nuisance thinking on this one. it is certainly going to be closely watched what he decides here. you mentioned the governor is ambitious. i know we've asked him 100 times, and he's said 100 times that he is not planning to run for president. he is, however, visited the white house in the past month. he's taking aim at at other

doesn't seem like labor has been on a role. yeah, definitely not just in california all across the country. i know in san francisco. we've had the starbucks the first starbucks to unionize and this win at the airport. it definitely seems like there's been a big push across the country and any reason we can sur. mise why that is happening. and union favorability seems to be too yet i think well with you know cost of living increases all across the country and across the world. i think people are just basically standing up for themselves and more willing to say, you know, this isn't acceptable. we we need to be paid more as everything seems to be costing more. so i think that's probably got a lot to do with it. right. when are they taking that ratification vote on the deal? that's going to be on sunday. so we'll know sunday night or monday morning exactly. how much of a pay rise that i appreciate your time. folks you can check out more of the standards other original reporting on their website sf standard.com and abc7 will contin

this year's floods have destroyed crops with millions of dollars. meanwhile, attacks on rural farming communities opposing another threat. am an interest reports from northwest nigeria. the days deals have been closed at one of africa's largest produce markets in do i know co workers load grains and seals destined for domestic market and to find away places such as broken of fossil and beyond market. we shall say the past few years have been particularly hard. as a winnie, we hardly get 150 trucks leaving this market. they leave the producer to various destinations. previously that number was between 300 to 400 trucks, a day load with variety of produce udall. one of the factors he says, is this climate change has unleashed devastating floods with loss of sulfur estimated in hundreds of millions of dollars this year. and more heavy rains are forecast for the weeks ahead. farmers also struggle with high fertilizer cost and a shortage of farm equipment like proctors, expert say, nigeria busy i will have to impose food to make up for the shot fall in production in 2021. the countries wil

these are required by labor law on all orange farms. the industry association assures us this is also written in the contract with their suppliers and orange pickers. but the union tells us a different story. with the union's help, we find a small plantation in sao paolo where we shoot unnoticed and without permission here, things look very different. some of the workers don't have snake protection or gloves . we cannot say with certainty whether these oranges are also intended for jews. but what we see here is no exception. say the trade unionists also in the juice industry. i ah bell, benito agrees the 70 year old has dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of brazilian orange pickers. he was the head of the fed. i. as for union until 2017 though he is now retired ob alba hendo still maintains close contact with the workers and will be dodge data. which is how he learns 1st hand about the conditions on the plantations. if let me see what else it bol. debra book day the workers rarely have any protective equipment, especially at

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united farm workers president teresa romero celebrated as the bill became law. >> incredible victory. farmworkers can participate in elections, free from deportations. , cook to see our interview on the organizing efforts, go to democracynow.org. thousands of prisoners in alabama began a labor strike this week to protest overcrowded, understaffed and dangerous prison conditions. the strikers warn that despite a 2020 intervention by the u.s. justice department, conditions within alabama prisons remain "incredibly unsafe, inhumane, and exploitative." the work stoppage, which also calls for sentencing and parole reforms, began on monday after three months of planning by prisoners and with help from groups, including alabama prison advocacy and incarcerated families united. a warning to our audience, the following story contains graphic images. here in new york city, never-before-seen images show people incarcerated at the notorious rikers island jail locked in caged showers and sleeping next to a pile of feces. the pictures were obtained by the news outlet gothamist after the manhattan d

state capitol today to urge the governor to support ab 21 83, which is now on his desk. if signed into law, the bill would make it easier for farmworkers to cast ballots remotely in union elections. supporters say that's significant because it would ensure farm workers are not intimidated by their bosses about how to vote when deciding whether to join a union. >> thinking this is really important and we need to support more than anything we wanted to make sure our voices. i it. so we do so for retaliation using give him a i want to tell the governor, you know, sign ab 21 83, you don't need this much time to think about it. sign the bill. >> governor newsom's communications director says the governor supports changes to state law to help farm workers organize. but noted newsom did not support the bill in its current form before it was sent to his desk writing in part, we can not support an untested mail-in electionsprocess that lacks critical provisions to protect the integrity of the election. now negotiations between lawmakers and the governor took place shortly before

farm several miles east of the line. this is just east of the interchange with highway 36 and i-295 today. it was pretty much a lost battlefield. according to the resistance to powerful calvery smith called on hanks to show the rebels aside. the black troops lurch forward in their first combat absorbing significant casualties with a single calvary regiment supported by a chilly but eventually eventually the 4500 greatcoat held fast giving the troops a hard-earned victory accompanied by a sinister byproduct, the intimidation of baldy smith. at a most onyx list -- unexpected plates have been called upon to develop my force and make an assault and this costs me worse to cease taking anything for granted that had been asserted. grants don attack is already moot point would now face further delay. smith resumed his approach with extreme caution advancing the skirmish line and halting it every intervening ridge between baylor's farm and did a mark line. not until afternoon to the federalist approach the confederate position. s

freight rail moves car parts, grain, fertilizer, a huge impact on farming. the immediate impact we're seeing amtrak subspenspend somes in fear of the strike impacting rails. amtrak relies 97% of the rails on freight rails and three % are rails earned by amtrak itself. union talks have been going on a long time between trail groups there are two holdouts and if they elect to go on strike, a dozen other unions would also strike in solidarity. jake, the impact here could be hu

freight rail moves car parts, grain, fertilizer, a huge impact on farming. the immediate impact we're seeing amtrak subspenspend somes in fear of the strike impacting rails. amtrak relies 97% of the rails on freight rails and three % are rails earned by amtrak itself. union talks have been going on a long time between trail groups there are two holdouts and if they elect to go on strike, a dozen other unions would also strike in solidarity. jake, the impact here could be h huge. friday at midnight is the deadline. this is the last thing the piend administration wants as the economy is on an upswing this could have a big economic impact. >> pete, president biden is calling rail unions, calling rail companies in an attempt to avert the shutdown. what power does he have to affect the outcome and congress? >> reporter: many layers of the biden administration are engaged from the department of labor to the department of transportation. if congress comes into play, it could put into play a 60-day waiting period renewing a waiting period or could force a deal on bo