That’s a wrap for 2025 Rural Organizing Academy (ROA)! Thanks to the organizers who came to learn and connect with other organizers building worker and community power across the Central Valley and state. See you back soon for ROA 2026! #WorkerPower #RuralOrganizers #RuralOrganizingAcademy

New op-ed identifies the economic harms of the mass deportation initiative and the lack of immigration reform, and makes the case for business leaders to advance broad-based coalitions with worker and immigrant rights groups. Read the full story: www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/n...

Thank you to our Valley SEED partners who participated in the Central Valley Community Gardens and Farms Tour - which offered valuable insights into sustainable gardening, farming practices, and the development or expansion of gardens, farms, and worker cooperatives. 🚜🌱 #SustainableFarming

Big thanks to everyone who joined us for the first-ever UC screening of #AmericanAgitators — honoring Fred Ross Sr. and the fight for workers' rights in the Central Valley and beyond! Grateful to our panelists: Director Raymond Telles, UFW's Armando Elenes & #Fightfor15 Guadalupe Palma.

Leading scholars warn that the US is on the path to authoritarianism--targeting immigrants, workers & unions in unprecedented ways, while aided by inexplicable Supreme Court rulings. This Labor Day, show your support for the rights of immigrants, workers & unions everywhere. #LaborDay

🚨 CA is under an excessive heat warning. Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay safe. According to our Farmworker Health Study - Nearly half (43%) of farmworkers reported their employer never provided a heat illness prevention plan as mandated under CA state law

Congratulations to our 2025 UC Merced Labor Summer Internship Cohort ! A special thank you to our Host Sites for mentoring and guiding the next generation of labor leaders. Together, we will continue to build worker power in California’s Central Valley! #LABORSUMMER #UCMCLC

“Layoffs, store closures and offloading organized worksites are all part of the anti-unionism playbook,” said Ana Padilla, Executive Director of UC Merced Community and Labor Center. An important read by @melissagomez.bsky.social with the LA Times

We found an alarming decline in private sector employment following recent escalations in federal immigration enforcement. CA noncitizens working in the private sector declined by 7.2%. CA citizens reporting private sector work declined by 2.2% over the same period. @levisu