09/07/2026
From the pecan shellers of San Antonio to the agricultural workers of California and Immokalee, Florida, migrant and Latine leadership has radically reshaped the American labor movement. 🛠️✊
These movements remind us that workers’ rights do not stop at the border. Migrant workers contribute to communities and economies across the U.S., yet they face exploitation, unsafe conditions, wage theft, and other abuses – often with significant barriers to seeking justice.
This Labor Day, we honor the migrant workers and organizers who have fought for greater protections and helped advance worker rights. When these farmworkers and organizers took to the streets, they brought deeply rooted traditions of community organizing, mutual aid , and relentless resilience, recognizing that every worker deserves to be treated with dignity, wherever their work takes them.
📲 Swipe through to explore 5 historic movements led and sustained by migrant and Latine workers.