She was a farm worker. Her grandson is a Lyft driver. A fight for workers' rights unites them
When Maria Cardona organized in the 1960s, management hit back with Proposition 22. Now her grandson is tackling a new version of the measureProp 22 explained: how California voters could upend the gig economyMore than 40 years ago, Maria Cardona laid her livelihood on the line to demand change in the hot central California fields where she picked grapes and other produce for $1.75 per hour.Cardona, now 80 years old, was tired of how farm workers like her were treated – the low wages, the
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