CWF in January Labor Watch

Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 at 5:46 pm - Permalink

The Center for Worker Freedom's Executive Director, Matt Patterson, was quoted in the Captial Research Center's newsletter, Labor Watch.  Dr. Steven J. Allen’s piece, "Working Class Heroes", was published on January 5, 2016;

"[O]n that hot June day the workers loaded buses (after working the fields since early that morning) and made the three-hour trek to Sacramento to implore Brown to help them. Brown, to his credit, graciously sent a representative out to meet the workers as both the protest and the party began at 5:00 pm. The representative accepted 800 petitions on behalf of the Governor, sworn statements from Gerawan workers testifying that they did not want the UFW to represent them. Then Silvia Lopez, single mother and leader of the anti-union movement, was invited inside to meet Brown himself. The workers cheered as Ms. Lopez was led through the gates—it was the first time that Brown had acknowledged them and their struggle publically. Inside, however, as the video clearly shows, someone attempted to prevent Ms. Lopez from meeting Brown, even going as far as to push her away from the Governor. That someone was Dolores Huerta..."

Read the whole piece here.