“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.
An immigration raid in western New York on Friday targeted a group of immigrants involved in a landmark statewide effort by farm workers to unionize.
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Several of the workers taken into custody on Friday have been active in efforts to unionize year-round employees, including at least one who has spoken publicly in favor of joining the United Farm Workers of America, according to Elizabeth Strater, director of strategic campaigns for UFW, the storied labor union.
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said Strater.
