MAY DAY IN MT. VERNON

Photographs by David Bacon

In Mt. Vernon, Washington, hundreds of farmworkers and supporters marched in celebration of May Day in the annual Marcha Campesina.  It was the height of the tulip season in the Skagit valley, and marchers carried signs reminding growers of the strike a year ago that forced them to recognize workers’ committees for the first time.  As many signs declared, “Sin trabajadores no hay tulipanes” or “Without workers there are no tulips.”  Roofing workers facing union busters in their strike for an independent union gathered support.  And marchers brought their children in a celebration of their future.  The march was organized by Community 2 Community Development and Familias Unidas por la Justicia.

MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon
MT VERNON, WA – 1MAY23 – Migrant farmworkers and their supporters march, demonstrate and then party on May Day to call for unions and human rights for farmworkers. The march was organized by Community2Community, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and unions and solidarity groups. It celebrated International Day of the Child as well.. Copyright David Bacon

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