Matt Boles is a Senior Direct Services Attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center.  He recently penned a Labor Perspective on César Chávez Day to reflect on the work the Center is doing to represent Immigrants who have been exploited in the U.S. while laboring in the fields as Agricultural Workers.  Chávez is known for leading the Grape Strike and boycott on behalf of Workers who toiled for meager wages under appalling conditions in the fields of California in the 60s.  However, Boles writes that several decades later, exploitation of Immigrant Workers remains an issue.  He writes: The Southern Poverty Law Center has long recognized the importance of Agricultural Workers in the U.S. and has advocated for their rights in various ways, such as publishing the Close to Slavery Report, which highlights the systematic exploitation of Immigrant Workers in the H-2 Guest-Worker Program.   The Law Center will continue to wage fight until this Guest-Worker Program is reformed and the rights of these Immigrant Workers are truly protected.

To Read Bloes’ Labor Perspective In Its Entirety, Go To: César Chávez Day a time to reflect on protecting immigrant workers’ rights | Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)