{"id":41234,"date":"2015-04-10T20:30:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T00:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=41234"},"modified":"2015-04-10T21:27:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T01:27:31","slug":"la-abogada-general-de-la-junta-de-relaciones-laborales-agricolas-de-california-realizara-gira-de-escucha-para-aumentar-el-conocimiento-de-los-derechos-de-los-trabajadores-del-campo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-abogada-general-de-la-junta-de-relaciones-laborales-agricolas-de-california-realizara-gira-de-escucha-para-aumentar-el-conocimiento-de-los-derechos-de-los-trabajadores-del-campo\/","title":{"rendered":"California Agricultural Labor Relations Board General Counsel Holds Listening Tour to Raise Farmworker Rights Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b>California Agricultural Labor Relations Board General Counsel Holds Listening Tour to Raise Farmworker Rights Awareness<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>OXNARD, Calif., April 10, 2015 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0To mark its 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) is spearheading a listening tour this year to ensure California farmworkers have access to its staff and that it continues its outreach to underserved and under-resourced farmworker communities in Northern and Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, April 12, the ALRB General Counsel Sylvia Torres-Guill\u00e9n will hold a listening tour event in Oxnard as part of the community&#8217;s Cesar Chavez Day celebrations.\u00a0The event will be held at the Oxnard College Performing Arts Center from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and seeks to raise awareness among farmworker communities and advocates that the ALRB is committed to helping farmworkers fight injustices in the fields.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ALRB is here to assist farmworkers, and I look forward to these events that provide communities with increased access to our services,&#8221; said General Counsel Torres-Guill\u00e9n.\u00a0 &#8220;Now in our fourth decade, the ALRB remains committed to helping workers resolve the issues they face in the fields.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In February, the ALRB held a listening tour event at Mahal Plaza \u2013 a migrant worker residence in Yuba City \u2013 where farmworkers in attendance had an open discussion on organizational rights, return to work rights for unlawfully fired workers, and ALRB efforts to combat sexual harassment in the fields.\u00a0 The presentation was in English, Spanish and Punjabi. <\/p>\n<p>The General Counsel will also participate in Farmworker Appreciation Day in Coachella at an event tentatively scheduled for May 28<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<p>The California Agricultural Labor Relations Board was created in 1975 to ensure peace in the fields of California by guaranteeing justice for all agricultural workers and stability in agricultural labor relations. 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