I was one of the first Farah employees to walk out from the Las Cruces plant. I was working at the factory while my husband attended the New Mexico State University as the first in his family to attend college. The factory in El Paso had recently walked out on strike and they invited the Las Cruces plant employees to a attend a meeting to let us know why they had decided to participate in the walk out. I had been working a the plant for about a year. I had been witness to the dangerous working conditions in the plant. None of us knew anything about unions but we knew that the malpractices at the plant were real. A lot of the workers there had been there for years and they assumed that's what they would do for the rest of their lives. I knew I would only be there until my husband graduated. This experience was one of the best experiences in my life. I met some of the most amazing union people who believe that a person's dignity comes from being valued as a working member of society.