Mark Medina

Hi, thanks for having me.

Hi, thanks for having me.

Hi, thanks for having me.

Yeah, so it's been a very disheartening and scary couple of weeks since this happened because this opens up a new path for the state to go after organizers, to go after workers, and the most underprivileged in our society in a way that I suppose we all expected. But now that we see it, now that we see it happening, now that we see it happening to people that we know in our community,

Yeah, so it's been a very disheartening and scary couple of weeks since this happened because this opens up a new path for the state to go after organizers, to go after workers, and the most underprivileged in our society in a way that I suppose we all expected. But now that we see it, now that we see it happening, now that we see it happening to people that we know in our community,

Yeah, so it's been a very disheartening and scary couple of weeks since this happened because this opens up a new path for the state to go after organizers, to go after workers, and the most underprivileged in our society in a way that I suppose we all expected. But now that we see it, now that we see it happening, now that we see it happening to people that we know in our community,

It's becoming apparent. There is no turning back from the idea that we have to be able to take this on headfirst. We as activists, as organizers, have to look at this and then see it as an actual thing in our day-to-day that we have to combat and incorporate into our organizing. So maybe it might be a little helpful to start off with a little bit of a backstory on Flaminas Unidas by La Sisa.

It's becoming apparent. There is no turning back from the idea that we have to be able to take this on headfirst. We as activists, as organizers, have to look at this and then see it as an actual thing in our day-to-day that we have to combat and incorporate into our organizing. So maybe it might be a little helpful to start off with a little bit of a backstory on Flaminas Unidas by La Sisa.

It's becoming apparent. There is no turning back from the idea that we have to be able to take this on headfirst. We as activists, as organizers, have to look at this and then see it as an actual thing in our day-to-day that we have to combat and incorporate into our organizing. So maybe it might be a little helpful to start off with a little bit of a backstory on Flaminas Unidas by La Sisa.

So the union has its origins going back to 2013. The area in which they organized the Bellingham or the Washington walk-in scheduled areas has a very particular type of immigrant community there. Lelo himself is of Mixteco background. There's a lot of indigenous Mexican populations in the region. It's also one that has long roots.

So the union has its origins going back to 2013. The area in which they organized the Bellingham or the Washington walk-in scheduled areas has a very particular type of immigrant community there. Lelo himself is of Mixteco background. There's a lot of indigenous Mexican populations in the region. It's also one that has long roots.

So the union has its origins going back to 2013. The area in which they organized the Bellingham or the Washington walk-in scheduled areas has a very particular type of immigrant community there. Lelo himself is of Mixteco background. There's a lot of indigenous Mexican populations in the region. It's also one that has long roots.

A lot of these people go back generations, have been here for quite some time. This area also happens to be a very particularly with the non-Hispanic population, particularly the white population, a very conservative, particularly conservative for the area. It's one of the very few areas in the Northwest that Donald Trump came to visit.

A lot of these people go back generations, have been here for quite some time. This area also happens to be a very particularly with the non-Hispanic population, particularly the white population, a very conservative, particularly conservative for the area. It's one of the very few areas in the Northwest that Donald Trump came to visit.

A lot of these people go back generations, have been here for quite some time. This area also happens to be a very particularly with the non-Hispanic population, particularly the white population, a very conservative, particularly conservative for the area. It's one of the very few areas in the Northwest that Donald Trump came to visit.

It's an area that has had repeated attacks on the immigrant community. And so it's in this context that workers are organizing in 2013 for this first independent union. And two, it's important to mention the independent part of it. A lot of the organizers from the start of this, of the union, came from a tradition of the United Farm Workers. in California.

It's an area that has had repeated attacks on the immigrant community. And so it's in this context that workers are organizing in 2013 for this first independent union. And two, it's important to mention the independent part of it. A lot of the organizers from the start of this, of the union, came from a tradition of the United Farm Workers. in California.

It's an area that has had repeated attacks on the immigrant community. And so it's in this context that workers are organizing in 2013 for this first independent union. And two, it's important to mention the independent part of it. A lot of the organizers from the start of this, of the union, came from a tradition of the United Farm Workers. in California.

Some of them worked with Cesar Chavez in the heyday of the United Farm Workers. And in the years and decades since then, since the Delano boycotts and other things, there's been a growing rift of what the next steps should be. And I think that for a lot of farm workers, because they don't organize under the general labor law that we have for most workers,

Some of them worked with Cesar Chavez in the heyday of the United Farm Workers. And in the years and decades since then, since the Delano boycotts and other things, there's been a growing rift of what the next steps should be. And I think that for a lot of farm workers, because they don't organize under the general labor law that we have for most workers,