MONDAY, MARCH 7.
PROGRAM # 7733 12:00 PM PT
Women’s Victory in the Apple Orchards.
One of the largest apple growers in the US has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to women farmworkers who claimed they were sexually harassed in company ranches over several years. The company has also agreed to ensure the workers do not suffer retaliation. This case had ramifications across the country, galvanizing farmworker sexual harassment bills in California.
Guests: Aurelia García, Claimant, Evans Fruit Case, Yakima, WA; Carmen Flores, Senior Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – EEOC, Seattle, WA; Blanca Rodríguez, Attorney, Northwest Justice project, Yakima, WA; Montserrat Walker, Washington Farm Labor Association, Olympia, WA.
Remembering Berta Cáceres. Activist Berta Cáceres, leader of the Lenca indigenous people, was murdered in her native Honduras, after surviving several attempts on her life. While in San Francisco to receive the “Green Nobel” environmental award last year, Cáceres spoke on Línea Abierta about her battle for water rights and against powerful interests. This is a segment of that interview.
Guest: Berta Cáceres, Coordinator and Co-Founder, Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras, San Francisco, CA (Recording).
Photo: newamericamedia.org
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