Dolores Huerta’s true colors are shinning through despite the best framing from the National Portrait Gallery 

Dolores Huerta has been on the receiving end of some bad press lately. Huerta, the "Dragon Lady" of the grape-grower’s strike of 1965-1970 and co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), was caught on film bullying a female farmworker. 

On June 24^th, Dolores Huerta was videotaped bullying a female worker who is leading the fight to decertify the union Huerta helped found, the United Farm Workers.

Silvia Lopez, the farmworker who is seen being shoved by Huerta was invited into a party by a representative from Governor Jerry Brown’s staff.

The Daily Caller’s Connor Wolf reports of the union icon:

Recently, the Sacramento Bee reported on a CWF exclusive video showing UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta bullying a farm worker. 

The Sacramento Bee described the incident involving Huerta and farmworker Silvia Lopez by saying:

“Grainy footage shot during a party last month appears to show United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta blocking another invited guest – and political opponent – from access to Gov. Jerry Brown.”

The Center for Worker Freedom’s Matt Patterson wrote an article on July 17 in Forbes, highlighting a CWF exclusive video showing Dolores Huerta, the UFW co-founder, bullying a female worker. 

When the supposed champion of workers was asked why she was repeatedly shoving worker Silvia Lopez, she answered, “she knows why.” Patterson explains what Huerta intended by way of that comment:

A Field Investigator at California Agricultural Labor Relations Board Reveals Corruption, Lies, and Bullying

By Samantha Zinnen

On May 12^th, 2015, a confidential call was placed by someone inside the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) to its Chairman, William B. Gould IV. That caller was a field investigator working at the board’s Visalia Regional Office as a member of the General Counsel’s staff.

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Unions Escape Minimum Wage They Chain to Employers   

Minimum wage laws sound fair.  But are they? 

Minimum wage hikes increase labor costs for employers leading to fewer opportunities for workers: Employers faced with increased labor costs may not be able to hire as many workers as they need, hurting productivity and growth.

On August 12 the Center for Worker Freedom (CWF) launched the first in a series of billboards in California designed to bring attention to the plight of Fresno farm workers who are being forced into a union against their will.