Tomorrow: Colbert Report with UFW President Arturo

[Guest guest]

Dear

Colleagues,

You

may be interested in tuning in to this program tomorrow night at 11:30 Eastern time. 

A very interesting campaign!

Bobbi

Bobbi Ryder

President & CEO

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.

1770 FM 967

Buda, TX

(512) 312-5453 direct line

(512) 312-5451 Mendoza , Assistant

(512) 312-2600

www.ncfh.org

Dear Bobbi,

You won't want to miss

this -- UFW President, Arturo , is going on the Colbert Report

tomorrow!

Tune in to Comedy

Central:

Thursday, July 8th

11:30 pm EST / 11:30 pm PST

TV Guide describes it

this way: " Colbert is teaming up with U.S. farm workers to

present a tongue-in-cheek campaign called 'Take Our Jobs.... " '

The Take Our Jobs

campaign spotlights the issue of immigrant laborers who are the backbone of

the country's agricultural economy. Without reform, domestic agriculture

could be crippled, leading to more jobs moving offshore.

While the show is sure to

be a riot, the campaign is no laughing matter. The offer to recruit

unemployed Americans is serious. Would-be farm workers can sign up via the

Take Our Jobs website to be matched to growers across the country.

Most importantly,

however, the campaign spotlights the ongoing need for immigrant labor in the

U.S. economy. Consider this: a full three-quarters of all crop workers in

American agriculture were born outside the United States.

But it's not just Colbert

or UFW bringing attention to this issue. Just last week, President Obama

recognized the vital role immigrant farm workers play in feeding America.

The President is right.

Deporting all undocumented farm workers would surely destroy the agricultural

industry. Now it is time for Congress to stand up to the rhetoric on

immigration and pass the bipartisan AgJobs bill the UFW has negotiated with

the agricultural industry that would give undocumented farm workers presently

here the right to earn legal status by continuing to work in agriculture.

To learn more about

AgJOBS please go to http://action.ufw.org/agjobs.

Oh,

and don't forget to tune in to Comedy Central tomorrow at 11:30!

---Jocelyn

Sherman & the UFW team

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