RE: Sexual Harassment of Farmworkers

[Guest guest]

Josh: Some possible resources for such information might be Legal

Momentum's Immigrant Women Program

http://www.legalmomentum.org/issues/imm/index.shtml and the National

Lawyers Guild National Immigration Project

http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/. Both have done work in the

area of domestic violence and immigrants and may also be dealing with

sexual harrassment. There were also several organizations cited in the

" Green Motel " article.

Candace Kugel

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Shepherd

Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:46 AM

Subject: [ ] Sexual Harassment of Farmworkers

Everyone,

I am trying to locate resources on sexual harassment of farmworkers. I

know of the recent " Green Motel " article in MS Magazine, but other than

that I have not found anything. I am hoping some of you may

know of other resources. Thanks.

Josh Shepherd

National Center For Farmworker Health

Resource Center Manager

(512) 312-5463

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[Guest guest]

A number of organizations are working on the issue of sexual harassment

of farmworker women, including FJF, the EEOC and California Rural Legal

Aid. I'm not sure exactly what resources you are looking for. EEOC has

put out seeral excellent brochures which can be distributed to

farmworker women which briefly describe their rights. I have also given

several presentations on this subject and can answer questions. Several

legal aid groups are also available to represent women in these

circumstances. Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas has also

provided emotional and social support to women seeking to enforce these

rights. In sum, please let me know if you need any specific assistance

and I can point you in the right direction.

--

Deputy Director

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.

1010 Vermont Avenue N.W.

Suite 915

Washington, DC 20005

202-783-2628 Voice

202-783-2561 Fax

www.fwjustice.org

sdavis@...

[Guest guest]

Hello;

I work with the migrant families and Out Of School Youths in our district at

Gilroy, CA. I was approached by a couple of migrant ladies who work for a large

company that process garlic in Gilroy. These two ladies were sexually harassed

by two supervisors, the ladies did file a report against the gentlemen but

nothing was done. Instead the ladies quit their job and life continues on at the

garlic plant with these two gentlemen harassing other women. Can someone guide

me to how to begin to defend these women, how women can defend themselves by

these abusive tacties, how to bring this issue out and bring justice to where it

belongs. Please help me out.

Thank you,

Bernadette Barrera

Gilroy Unified School District

Migrant Education Program

Migrant Education Recuiter

Office: (408) 847-2700 7204

Cell: (408) 839-9473

E-Mail : Bernadette.Barrera@...

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From: on behalf of

Sent: Wed 8/24/2005 6:28 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Sexual Harassment of Farmworkers

A number of organizations are working on the issue of sexual harassment

of farmworker women, including FJF, the EEOC and California Rural Legal

Aid. I'm not sure exactly what resources you are looking for. EEOC has

put out seeral excellent brochures which can be distributed to

farmworker women which briefly describe their rights. I have also given

several presentations on this subject and can answer questions. Several

legal aid groups are also available to represent women in these

circumstances. Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas has also

provided emotional and social support to women seeking to enforce these

rights. In sum, please let me know if you need any specific assistance

and I can point you in the right direction.

--

Deputy Director

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.

1010 Vermont Avenue N.W.

Suite 915

Washington, DC 20005

202-783-2628 Voice

202-783-2561 Fax

www.fwjustice.org

sdavis@...

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[Guest guest]

Hello Ms. Barrera,

I have forwarded your email to both the director of migrant services for California Rural Legal Assistance, Mike Meuter, and the directing attorney of California Rural Legal Assistance's Salinas office, la Payes. They are both eager to assist you and the migrant women with whom you work. CRLA's Salinas office is very experienced in the area of sexual harassment litigation especially as it relates to farm worker/migrant women.

Please contact either Mike or la at your earliest opportunity:

Mike Meuter, mmeuter@..., 1-831-757-5221

la Payes, dpayes@..., 1-831-757-5221

Best Regards,

Haydee

Haydee A. Development DirectorCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.631 Street, Suite 300San Francisco, California 94117Tel: 415-777-2794 ext. 338Fax: 415-543-2752Email: hdiaz@...

-----Original Message-----From: Bernadette Barrera [mailto: ]On Behalf Of Bernadette BarreraSent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:15 PM Subject: RE: [ ] Sexual Harassment of Farmworkers

Hello;

I work with the migrant families and Out Of School Youths in our district at Gilroy, CA. I was approached by a couple of migrant ladies who work for a large company that process garlic in Gilroy. These two ladies were sexually harassed by two supervisors, the ladies did file a report against the gentlemen but nothing was done. Instead the ladies quit their job and life continues on at the garlic plant with these two gentlemen harassing other women. Can someone guide me to how to begin to defend these women, how women can defend themselves by these abusive tacties, how to bring this issue out and bring justice to where it belongs. Please help me out.

Thank you,

Bernadette Barrera

Gilroy Unified School District

Migrant Education Program

Migrant Education Recuiter

Office: (408) 847-2700 7204

Cell: (408) 839-9473

E-Mail : Bernadette.Barrera@...

From: on behalf of Sent: Wed 8/24/2005 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Sexual Harassment of Farmworkers

A number of organizations are working on the issue of sexual harassmentof farmworker women, including FJF, the EEOC and California Rural LegalAid. I'm not sure exactly what resources you are looking for. EEOC hasput out seeral excellent brochures which can be distributed tofarmworker women which briefly describe their rights. I have also givenseveral presentations on this subject and can answer questions. Severallegal aid groups are also available to represent women in thesecircumstances. Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas has alsoprovided emotional and social support to women seeking to enforce theserights. In sum, please let me know if you need any specific assistanceand I can point you in the right direction. -- Deputy DirectorFarmworker Justice Fund, Inc.1010 Vermont Avenue N.W.Suite 915Washington, DC 20005202-783-2628 Voice202-783-2561 Faxwww.fwjustice.orgsdavis@...

[Guest guest]

Sexual harassment is illegal and should be addressed through legal

channels - once the company involved has failed to take corrective

action. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been very

aggressive in taking on this type of case. They have successfully

prosecuted several such actions on behalf of farmworker women and gotten

the women large compensatory recoveries. You can start the process in one

of 2 ways: 1) contact EEOC and file a charge or 2) contact a lawyer and

get the lawyer to help. In this instance, there is an office of the

California Rural Legal Assistance in Gilroy (ph 408-847-1408) and they

would most likely assist the women.

Sexual harassment is a big probelm in agriculture. Many women feel too

ashamed to come forward. Women who are victimized by this conduct will

probably need suport from a community group or others. The only way to

fight this behavior is to address it directly. There are good legal tools

here to use. If anyone wants additional help with this, please feel free

to call me directly.

At 08:15 PM 9/16/2005, you wrote:

Hello;

I work with the migrant families and Out Of School Youths in our district

at Gilroy, CA. I was approached by a couple of migrant ladies who work

for a large company that process garlic in Gilroy. These two ladies were

sexually harassed by two supervisors, the ladies did file a report

against the gentlemen but nothing was done. Instead the ladies quit their

job and life continues on at the garlic plant with these two gentlemen

harassing other women. Can someone guide me to how to begin to defend

these women, how women can defend themselves by these abusive tacties,

how to bring this issue out and bring justice to where it belongs. Please

help me out.

Thank you,

Bernadette Barrera

Gilroy Unified School District

Migrant Education Program

Migrant Education Recuiter

Office:

(408) 847-2700 7204

Cell: (408) 839-9473

E-Mail :

Bernadette.Barrera@...

From:

on behalf of

Sent: Wed 8/24/2005 6:28 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Sexual Harassment of

Farmworkers

A number of organizations are working on the issue of sexual

harassment

of farmworker women, including FJF, the EEOC and California Rural

Legal

Aid. I'm not sure exactly what resources you are looking for. EEOC

has

put out seeral excellent brochures which can be distributed to

farmworker women which briefly describe their rights. I have also

given

several presentations on this subject and can answer questions.

Several

legal aid groups are also available to represent women in these

circumstances. Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas has

also

provided emotional and social support to women seeking to enforce

these

rights. In sum, please let me know if you need any specific

assistance

and I can point you in the right direction.

--

Deputy Director

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.

1010 Vermont Avenue N.W.

Suite 915

Washington, DC 20005

202-783-2628 Voice

202-783-2561 Fax

www.fwjustice.org

sdavis@...