UNITED FARM WORKERS ACTION ALERT
Worker featured in last H2A alert fired
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LINK: Help us get word to the company, Tamimura and Antle,  that they are not above the law.
        Two weeks ago Simon San German, a brave farm worker, spoke up against the huge vegetable grower Tamimura and Antle. The company was abusing the H2A program by laying-off local farm workers at its Tres Picos Ranch, including Simon & others. They did this while bringing in foreign guest workers and not offering the laid-off the opportunity to apply for those jobs as required by federal law.
         In response to the workers’ situation, the UFW had filed a complaint with the US Department of Labor, demanding that Tanimura & Antle be barred from the H-2A program for such blatant discrimination against local workers. Simon and several of his co-workers were eventually rehired.
        The week after, Simon spoke up again during a worker meeting, when the company tried to unevenly reduce their work hours. Simon was fired immediately afterwards. When Simon was asked why, he stated the ranch supervisor told him, “He was tired of me, that I caused him many problems.”
        As a result, today we filed charges with the Agricultural Labor Relations Board for company retaliation.
> LINK:  Help us get word to the company and tell them to immediately rehire Simon.
> LINK:  Send an immediate message to Tamimura and Antle’s Vice President of Human Resources, Carmen Ponce, today. Please tell your friends.
> LINK: http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/tanda
> UFW, 29700 Woodford-Tehachapi Rd., P.O. Box 62, Keene, CA 93531
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