18 Nov Publications About PCUN
"The Story of PCUN and the Farmworker Movement in Oregon", co-authored by U. of O. Professor Lynn Stephen, was originally published in 2011. ...
11 Nov The CAPACES Network
CAPACES is a movement-building collaborative that was formed in 2003 fostering relationships, cross-training, plus more shared sense of vision and scale. The ten CAPACES network organizations have combined staff totaling sixty. They include: PCUN, Farmworker Housing Development Corporation (FHDC), Voz Hispana Causa Chavista, Mujeres Luchadoras...
05 Oct Words of Cipriano Ferrel
Cipriano Ferrel was a co-founder of PCUN and was PCUN President from 1988 to 1992 and from April 1995 until his death. He also co-founded FHDC in 1991. Cipriano dedicated his entire life to the cause of unionizing famworkers as the only effective means to...
05 Oct PCUN-University of Oregon Partnership
“The PCUN-UO Partnership” was established on June 6th, 2011 and celebrated the donation of the historic papers of Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United) to the UO Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives, which preserves, organizes, and makes the papers...
05 Oct Creation of Radio Movimiento
In August of 2006, the Prometheus Radio Project joined with PCUNn to build a Low Power FM community radio station, Radio Movimiento (Radio Movement), from the ground up in just one weekend. This "Radio Barnraising" was made possible with the help of hundreds of volunteers,...
05 Oct Focus on the farmworker
Interview with former PCUN Secretary-Treasuer, Larry Kleinman telling the story of PCUN and the issues farmworkers face in Oregon. The video was produced by cookingupastory.com. ...
05 Oct Cipriano F. En PCUN update
Traducción del noticiero “PCUN Update” Edicción #23: diciembre, 1995 Editorial: “Triunfar en La Lucha sin él” “Su fallecimiento nos ha dejado con del desafio mas difícil: triunfar en La Lucha sin él.” Oimos estas palabras por primera vez no referentes a Cipriano Ferrel, sino que habladas...
05 Oct Cipriano F. in PCUN update
From PCUN Update...
05 Oct Poem of Cipriano Ferrel
To my children, I leave a world of injustices; To my parents, I leave my gratitude for their humanitarian teachings; To my comrades in the struggle, I leave my principles; To the struggle, I leave my ideas; To my enemies, I leave my smile; The ill will always have my...
05 Oct PCUN In The News
Links to current news articlesRamon Ramirez Arrested- 08/01/13Story of PCUN Member Elizabeth Calixtro- 07/21/13Oregon's Legislators restore driver license- 05/01/13Oregon Legislators restore drive license (2)- 05/01/13Oregon Governor Signs Drive Cards Bill- 05/01/13CAPACES Received Passive House Certification- 02/13/13Cracking down on wage theft- 09/12/12PCUN Donates Historic Documents to UO- July 2012Opinion: Migrant Farmworkers...