Consulate general of peru, the consulate of guatemala, and the consulate of el salvador, we are all joining efforts, along with a lot of different agencies, labor agencies. The goal is to provide information to empower the hispanic workers. This year, the title of the week is know your rights at work the wellinformed worker. Damian i mean, and that topic is not only for the spanishspeaking, the immigrant community. I mean, when you know your labor rights, youre talking about every american or immigrant worker. And we have some video, some examples of some of the workers out there. Now, are the other countries, peru and other countries, joining in because they saw how well its been working for you all and they say, i wanna be a part of it . Jesus yeah, exactly, we are joining efforts because this is not directly, as you say, just to hispanics. Its to the whole community, but the latin american consulates, we are directing our efforts to our community because theres an important sector of our population that perform different works that involve certain risks. Say, construction, agricultural, as you said, pesticides. So, in these areas of work, theres a lot of laborrelated issues, but its very important for the people to know their rights and to know how tohow can they make their rights. Damian all right, how to speak up for yourself, if you will. And irving, you know the specifics on semana laboral, labor week. Tell us of the specifics. Irving velazquez yes, i do. I mean, well, first, thank you for having us here. And yes, this semana laboral, the labor rights week, is gonna be held from august 28 to september 1. Were gonna have labor talks at the consulate in San Francisco, so we invite the community, not only spanishspeaking, but whoever feels that their rights have been violated, to know a little about what they might be missing from their protection. So, were gonna have health and security at work, wage and hour, were gonna have workers comp, and Everything Else that entails with violations in yourat work. And were also gonna have Community Events in napa, San Francisco, and in oakland. So, all this information can be found in our consulado website and our social media pages, on facebook and twitter. So, if you need more information, just go to those sites and hopefully you can participate. And at least know your rights and hopefully nothingno violations happen in the near future. Damian so, like, overtime, if youre not getting overtime, anything like that, you can get more information here. Irving yeah, correct. Damian all right, and well have all that information on the screen in just a bit. I mean, and this is an important topic when were talking about the rights of the workers. Is there a concern that maybe some are fearful to speak up . I dont wanna make myself known. If i speak up, me va ir peor. Jesus exactly. As we say, information is power. So, if you have the information, if you know what are your rights, you know that you have the right to demand a better salary, or to demand breaks on your work, thats important to have that information. Otherwise, you areyou dont have ways to act. Damian what about the undocumented community, same rights . The rightsthe labor rights apply to everybody. Jesus exactly, labor rights apply to everybody. They also have the rights. The labor laws apply to everyone, the breaks, the minimum wage. If someone unfortunately have an accident, they have the right to receive medical attention. So, its very important for all of them to be conscious that they have their rights. Damian all right, so, whether you have a green card or not, citizen or not, you still have those same labor rights as everybody else does. The semana laboral is taking place actually all across at all the consulates around the united states. There is the number for the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco for more information. Any final thoughts from either of you before we let you go . Jesus well, we just invite everyone to attend this event. There are several events at the consulate, and as my partner said, theres a lot of different other events in different venues. But we encourage the people to get informed, to visit our website, to read about their rights. Damian algo mas, irving . Irving so, yeah, again, the labor rights week will be held from august 28 to september 1, and its gonna be from 9 a. M. To 12 p. M. At the consulate. And for the Community Events, were gonna have em in the evening. So, please visit our websites. And i guess last message is for the undocumented community. Please dont be afraid. You have the same labor rights as any person who might happen to be a citizen or maybe have a green card. Damian all right, good message, thank you all so much. Jesus thank you very much. Irving thank you very much. Damian and up next here on comunidad del valle, the international San Francisco latino film festival. You gotta see this clip. Stay with us. And that means lucho ramirez is back on comunidad del valle. Hes back on the show to talk about this years festivities, and youre back with a splash. I mean, this is a really great event. Lucho ramirez were very excited, very excited. Were going into our 9th season, and very excited about our programming, which kicks off on september 15. And we go for 2 weeks, through the end of the month, screening about 60 films in total, 24 featurelength films including about a dozen documentaries. Damian wow, youve sent me a trailer of one called, ruta with an r, ruta madre, and it isi was rolling. Tell us about ruta madre and were gonna show the clip after. Lucho its a fantastic film. Its a film out oftechnically out of san diego, but its a binational, bicultural film, bilingual i would say too. Written and directed bywritten by alfonso molina, who is the inspiration of the film. Its something that experienced being someone who lives in san diego, but is somewhat disconnected to his mexican heritage. So, the film is a combination of road trip and cultural reawakening. Damian and youll recognize some popular names there, Carmen Salinas and comedian paul rodriguez. Heres that clip. Male so, whats up with her, man . Is she, like, your chick or what . Daniel not yet, but im working on it. Daniel ive been in love with you since we were kids. Daisy daniel, i cant be with you. [knocking] rodrigo abre la puerta get in the shower, im taking your ass back to mexico. Grandma you are getting a haircut. Daniel i cant cut my hair. This is my source of rock and roll power. [speaking foreign language] mirna rodrigo, ahhhh rodrigo ay, get in the car [screaming] mirna you can run, but you cant hide daniel what kind of doctor is this . Rodrigo shes no doctor. [speaking foreign language] agata you are going to die. [speaking foreign language] daniel so, theres no problem with the drinking and driving here . [speaking foreign language] daniel this guys gonna screw us over, is he . El flaco not if you dont give me no reason to. [yelling] [gasping] [speaking foreign language] daniel you know, ive never seen a picture of my mom. Daniel im dying. Rodrigo daniel announcer ruta madre. Damian well, that is just hilarious, and you could totally put yourself in the shoes of, you know, the young kid whos trying to refind himself. Lucho thats so true, and its one of those films, i think, that will really connect, you know, across cultures. I think it probably does have a life after the festival tours that it does, so im really excited about that film and so many others. Damian yeah, go ahead, cause you have a long list. I wanna make sure you get across what you need to. Lucho well, theres a lot of films. I mean, its really a matter of what do you like. If you want documentaries, we have some fantastic documentaries that revolve around social justice, chicano history, music. Theres a lot of that, but we also have some great narrative features that come out of mexico, cuba, and peru. I think for people who like action and thrillers, you know, crime dramas, we have probably one of the best examples coming out of ecuador, so were really happy about those titles. Its a matter of visiting our website to get all the details, but dont miss the week that well be spending at the opera plaza cinema, and then at the roxie theater. And so, well have all of the featurelength films showing at those spaces. Damian are you at the point where when you do a call for entries, its automatic . It sounds like you dont have to ask, and ask, and ask. It sounds like theyre just coming in. Lucho we do, we do, and im really happy that we do. We get probably about 300 films submitted of various lengths, you know, featurelength, midlength, short films, and then we parse it down. And theres definitely some films that are, you know, part of what we call the festival circuit, whether its in rotterdam, or cannes, or berlin. And so, we definitely have those art house films and theres some surprises with some films that are a little bit more popular, you know, box office. So, we try to mix it up between films that are coming out of that genre and films that are more, i would say, typical of a film festival, which at the end of the day really is there to give a platform to a lot of films that have a hard time breaking through. Damian so, in the spring, you stock up on popcorn so you can get through all the entries . Lucho i wish, i wish. No, we have a lot of films, including local films and local filmmakers. So, part of the call for entries is to get some of those films and pepper our films that come in from latin america with some of the films that are produced locally. Damian all right, its the latino film festival, its back in San Francisco bay area, and there is the phone number for more information and also the web address. Any final thoughts before we let you go . Lucho so, were definitely starting on september 15 at the alamo drafthouse, and you know, with ruta madre well have some visitors from those films. And then, just check out the schedule, plan on spending the whole day on the weekend and every evening until the end of the month. Damian all right, so that should be september 15 is your start date. Lucho, thank you so much for bringing these films back to the bay area. Lucho thanks for having us. Damian all right, gracias, and up next here on comunidad del valle, pesticides and farmworkers, and one latinas fight. Stay with us. Keeping up. It takes hard work, tight budgets and a little support. And pg e is ready to do our part. Our care program can save you 20 or more on your monthly bill. It just takes a few minutes to apply and youll see the savings on your next bill. When having a little extra can mean a lot. Turn to care. Go to pge. Com care and enroll today. Among farmworkers Victoria Sanchez de alba is my guest here on comunidad del valle. Victoria, welcome to the show. Long time colleague. Theres an image i wanna show thats been disturbing to me. I remember it as a child, you remember it as a child. Let me show you these images. You tell me what crosses your mind when youre seeing this. Victoria sanchez oh gosh, i remember this when i was a young girl and working in the fields, and being sprayed over by pesticides, and getting sick too. Damian i remember i was laying down sprinkler pipes once and the sprayer was right behind us. And fortunately, there was a guy, an inspector with the Monterey County health department, who saw what was going on and he immediately closed down the farm and saidand he fined the sprayer and whatnot. But thats what our people are going through on a daily basis. Victoria exactly, exactly. Damian tell us what your concerns are, then well get into all the other stuff. Victoria well, my concerns is that people are not aware of this. I mean, im surprised even our own latinos, i mean, in San Francisco. During my campaign with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, i was nominated for the, you know, man and woman of the year candidate, and i chose to focus on farmworkers exposed to pesticides. And i wrote about it, and people were not aware of the issues, and these are the people who bring food to our tables. And i mean, this is my community. I grew up in salinas. Damian and thisthat was old footage, but were talking this spring. Theres farmworkers in salinas who had to be hospitalized because they were exposed. Victoria exactly, in june, within a week in salinas and in watsonville. I mean, thats really crazy. Damian now, like you, i lost my father to cancer. I cant prove that it was caused by pesticides, but you cant tell me that it wasnt. Victoria it is, because there is scientific proof and there is research now. So, my dad, he died of nonhodgkin lymphoma due to pesticide exposure. And i remember being with him at thegetting his chemotherapy, and there were lots of other farmworkers hooked up. So, you tell me it doesnt affect them. And so, anyway, its really sad that we still that this is going on. Damian and now, this is your part of your mission, right . I mean victoria part of my mission was to get the message out. I was able to get my message out. You know, as i mentioned, i was nominated with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society woman of the year candidate, and for me the title didnt matter. What mattered to me was giving voice with a National Organizations platform. And it was a large audience, and i said, this is whats happening. And farmworkers who are working, i mean, they are in the front line, and they are exposed, and they are at risk of getting cancer. Damian i mean, just to simplify it, theyre spraying pesticides. The idea is to kill the insects and pests that live on the plants, so if its gonna kill insects, what do you think its gonna do to humans . Victoria exactly, exactly. What surprised me when i was nominated and i was looking, at first i said, yes, and you know, hey, yes, my dad died of this. Absolutely, im gonna do it for my dad and im gonna do it for all the farmworkers who are exposed to pesticides. And what really, really surprised me, it was that this group who is at risk of getting cancer was underrepresented. So, i said, okay, im gonna give it my all and im gonna make noise. So, i wrote articles, like, you know, i mentioned in the San Francisco chronicle, half moon bay, and pacific tribune exposing all of this. Damian do you think anything has come of it or will come of it . Victoria it is, because its interesting that you ask, because i got ai received an anonymous letter from someone who lives near a farm in San Mateo County, and he said that if he gives his name out, his fear of retaliation. But he told me about all the issues that are happening there with the contaminated water, still using short hose, and pesticides. So, i tooki sent it to you, i remember, and also to i sent the letter to county and state officials, and its under investigation right now. Damian so, basically, breaking every farm and labor law that you can imagine. Again, this is an effort to kind of draw attention, draw a spotlight to the pesticide concerns among farmworkers. There is the 800 number to the National Pesticide center if youre concerned, and also dealba. Net is victorias personal website where you can get more information as well. Well be back and talk more on this topic. Stay with us. People love my and my french fries. Wait what if i put them together . a burrito stuffed with scrambled eggs, creamy guacamole, bacon and crispy french fries. Ill call it the california breakfast burrito boom. Someone got that, right . Scrambled eggs. Guacamole. Bacon. French fries. Youll call it the california breakfast burrito. Boom. Good work everyone. Another winner. Introducing my New California breakfast burrito. Only at jack in the box. Here on comunidad del valle. And because of your work, you were mentioning that there was a grant that had expired that now you helped kind of revive. Victoria sure, with the organization, the organization gavethere was a funder who funded a grant for patient care. Its called Patient AccessOutreach Coordinator in northern california, northern bay, in sonoma county. And its to implement culturallyappropriate programs and services for spanishspeaking patients, caregivers, families, and community. And the focus is to address the disparities of latinos and other underrepresented communities in Patient Access, education, and support. And so, that was part of my work, and also too, im proud to say that theyre gonna be forming some type of partnership with ufw, united farm workers, too, so they can be aware of what type of patient care access that their workers may wantneed. Damian i know that ufw has been strong in fighting methyl bromide, which they use on strawberries all over watsonville and whatnot. I mean, is thisi know that the National LaborRelations Board has been implementing somealso some restrictions on what kind of pesticides are used, but the growers are a strong lobby and the growers want their pesticides so they can make their crops grow. Victoria exactly, like for example in bakersfield on Cinco De Mayo of all days, there were some farmworkers who gotwho were sick and they were hospitalized. And this chemical was supposed to be banned during the Obama Administration in march, but this administration canceled the ban. So, you know, there has to betheres somei mean, they said because there wasnt enough evidence. And it was that pesticide that its called chlorpyrifos. I dont know if youve heard of that, but its really toxic, nausea. I mean, it gets you sick if you touch it. I mean damian what does it tell you about this farmworkerim assuming its a farmworker in San Mateo County who was even reluctant to identify him or herself . What does that say about still the fear factor that exists . Victoria exactly, and whoever sent meplease, i wanna make this message. Whoever sent me this letter, please come forward. Contact me. Your identity will be protected. Damian and cc me when youre emailing. Victoria no, really, and it will be protected, so please. You know, im asking that person, whoever sent me this letter, thank you, and we are looking into it, but please come forward. Contact me. Your identity will be protected. Its the only way its gonna help to resolve the issue. Damian i know the feeling, but describe it for our viewers. Whats the feeling to know that your father is there, going through chemotherapy, and knowing that his days are numbered . Victoria oh my gosh, it was horrible. It washe wanted to live. He fought so hard, damian. Queria vivir, and this cancer just took him. And its just so sad. I dont want this to happen to anyone. Thats why im doing this. Thats why i care. Damian and so, you started this battle, and then again, going back to what happened in salinas and watsonville, you see it happening as recently as a few months ago, and you just shake your head cause its still happening. Victoria its still happening. And also too, theres some research tooh yes, i have to read this here. More than 1,000 people in california were sickened by pesticide exposure in 2014, the most recent year for which the department of pesticide regulation has such data. In that year, there were 51 confirmed cases in Santa Cruz County and 39 in monterey. Damian those are my strawberrygrowing peeps in watsonville. Victoria exactly, exactly. Damian again, this is victorias mission, and theres a few websites and phone numbers. That 800 number is for the National Pesticide center, where you can either file a report or get more information as well. Victoria, thank you so much for your efforts and good luck. Victoria thank you very much for having me here. 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