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.
