Sign the Pledge: Oregon's Farmworkers Need our Support!

Despite performing some of the most arduous and skilled labor that keeps our food systems afloat and paying millions of dollars each year in taxes, farmworkers and their families are systematically denied many of their basic needs. In just the past year, Oregon's farmworkers have endured the global pandemic, wildfires and wildfire smoke, a winter storm and multiple heatwaves. With climate change worsening the working conditions for agricultural workers and the impacts of the pandemic falling the hardest on the industries they work in, we need to join together to change the systems that allow this to happen. 

Over the next couple of months, Oregon Food Bank will be working closely with partners like Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) to advocate on several issues that will have a significant impact on the wellbeing of farmworkers and their families. Some of these issues include securing overtime pay for agricultural workers, providing economic relief for wage loss and demanding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to adopt and enforce stronger rules for excessive heat, wildfire smoke and other hazardous conditions. 

We need to call on our elected officials and government agencies to take action and support the wellbeing of the people who put food on our tables. Can we count on you to join us in action?

SIGN OUR PLEDGE TO SUPPORT OREGON'S FARMWORKERS!