Longtime Farmworker Activist Jesús Salas on his new memoir, Obreros U...

In his own words, “It’s been a long haul” and with the recent publication of his memoir Obreros Unidos-The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement, Jesús Salas tells us in riveting detail just how long a haul it’s been. Jesús joins Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to talk his book, and about his lifetime of work in the farmworkers movement, including his childhood experiences in the 1960s as a migrant worker, and subsequent efforts as a union organizer working on behalf of all migrant laborers to improve working conditions and address widespread violations of housing codes and minimum wage laws. With a seemingly bottomless reservoir of energy, Jesús continues to advocate for migrant workers’ rights and build on the legacy his movement – Obreros Unidos – Workers United – has had, and continues to have on generations of Chicano and Latin American laborers.

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