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PRESS RELEASE Equal Rights For Farmworkers 330 Miles Toward Justice March To Albany April 19th-April 30th Sponsored by Centro Independiente de Trabajadores Agricolas (CITA) and the Justice for Farmworkers Campaign Farmworkers and their allies are marching across New York, from both New York City and Seneca Falls, to protest the denial of their basic rights by the Governor and the New York Senate. The federal case of farmworker slavery in western New York this past year is ample proof that farmworkers are vulnerable and it is time for change. Farmworkers in New York are excluded from the following basic human rights * A day of rest * Overtime pay * Disability Insurance *Collective Bargaining Protections Please Scroll Down to see when the march will be passing nearest to you! Please don't hesitate to call us for more information at the Rural and Migrant Ministry (845) 485-8627 or visit our website at www.ruralmigrantministry.org This is your time to help make a difference. Please join us as we march for equal rights for farmworkers Sat 4/26 Start 10am St. James Epis. Church Route 9 Hyde Park Meeting Point 1pm Rhinebeck Reformed Church Rt 9 Rhinebeck Village Meeting Point 4pm Red Hook Village (Take the 3:30 shuttle from Bard to Red Hook) Solidarity Dance 9pm Jordyn's Dance Center Poughkeepsie $25 (transportation from Bard) Sun 4/27 Start 10am Bard College Route 9G Annandale-on-Hudson Meeting Point 1pm Nor and John's Deli Rt 9G Germantown 5:30 Dinner in Kline Commons 8PM Folk musician Pat Humphries in Concert at Campus Center Cafe |
