farmworker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of farmworker
Example Sentences
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In June, a video captured a farmworker running across an Oxnard field while being chased by immigration agents.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
In the state’s ethnic studies curriculum, Chávez is taught alongside other key figures such as Dolores Huerta and Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong, with emphasis on the broader farmworker movement and its diverse contributors.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
“The farmworker movement is a leaderful movement, and women have always been part of that leadership,” Ramirez said.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
“The farmworker movement has always been bigger and far more important than any one individual. Cesar’s actions do not diminish the permanent improvements achieved for farmworkers with the help of thousands of people,” she said.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
It was one of several farmworker dwellings lined up in a row.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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