Take Our Jobs: A Campaign Highlighting Farm Worker Realities

The video discusses the issue of farmworker status and the 'Take Our Jobs' campaign initiated by the United Farm Workers (UFW). The campaign, highlighted by Stephen Colbert, aimed to address misconceptions about immigrants taking jobs from citizens. Despite high unemployment, few people took up the offer to work in agriculture, underscoring the difficulty of the work. Colbert's comedic involvement brought attention to the serious political issue. The video also covers the AG jobs proposal, which seeks to provide legal status and a path to citizenship for farmworkers, a proposal that has faced challenges in Congress.

What new insight or understanding did you gain from this video?