Harvester Juan Valencia brings a bucket of cabernet grapes to load into the truck.
Harvesters work in the midday sun at the Mt Eden Winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Martha Gutierrez direct seeding red onions in Gillroy, Ca.
Field workers in Watsonville during the ball lettuce season.
Field workers in Watsonville during the ball lettuce season.
Field workers in Watsonville during the ball lettuce season.
A man rests during a labor day protest in San Jose. Workers gathered to ask for fair wages and equal representation for immigrant workers.
Art in San Jose’s East-side speaks of hope, while an abandond mattress and garbage show the reality of the area’s situation.
Juanita Reyes Mendoza,91, started working at the United States Products Corporation, canning foods, in Downtown San Jose when she was 19. Joining the Union a week later, she worked there for several years until marriage and children took her away, becoming a psychotherapist in her 50’s.