CRLA Foundation Stands with Survivors
Dear Friends, The recent New York Times article about César Chávez’s sexual assault of women and children during his time as President of the United Farm Workers Union is devastating. CRLA Foundation unequivocally condemns sexual violence in any form. These abuses are in direct opposition to the work and collective power of the larger farmworker movement to advance the rights of farmworkers. Every woman and child deserves to be respected and treated with dignity. No one is a
CRLA Foundation Joins UFW Foundation & United Farm Workers in Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Farmworker Wage Cuts
New federal rule would slash farmworker pay by $5–$7 per hour and shift $2.46 billion annually from workers to employers—one of the largest wage transfers in U.S. agricultural history. Sacramento, CA (November 25, 2025) — The California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLA Foundation) has joined 18 farmworkers, the United Farm Workers (UFW), and the UFW Foundation in filing a federal lawsuit to block the Administration’s newly announced rule cutting wages for agricultural
CRLA Foundation Condemns $2.46 Billion in Trump Wage Cuts and Expansion of H-2A Program to Non-Ag. Jobs
New Rule to Affect Over 400,000 Farmworkers, Reducing Pay by Up to One-Third The California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLA Foundation) joins the United Farm Workers (UFW) and UFW Foundation in condemning the Trump Administration’s newly announced rule slashing wages for hundreds of thousands of farmworkers nationwide. The regulation, issued without public comment on October 2, will cut farmworker pay by as much as $5 to $7 per hour and shift $2.46 billion in annua
Press Release on Incoming Administration
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation recognizes that many of the serious problems our clients faced in the previous Trump...
Governor signs CRLAF’s AB 636, Requiring Mandatory Disclosure of California Labor Rights Information
After four years of effort and 2 prior vetoes, the Governor finally signed CRLAF’s AB 636 (Kalra), creating a comprehensive California...
Tacherra Ranch Tenants Seek Justice and Relief for Unsafe Living Conditions
Bolinas, California – September 27, 2023 – California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, with co-counsel Legal Aid of Marin, filed a...
CRLAF Celebrates the Release of Statewide Farmworker Health Study
CRLAF is pleased to announce that earlier this year, UC Merced released the study, “Farmworker Health in California: Health in a Time of...
CRLAF Welcomes Final Public Charge Rule + Calls on Congress to Make Health Care a Right for All
Last week, on September 9, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its updated final public charge rule, resolving a...