Giev Kashkooli

Giev Kashkooli is the political and legislative director for the United Farm Workers of America, overseeing the union political, legislative, and communications work that helps build farm worker power.

He has worked with the UFW for 25 years throughout California, Arizona, New York, Washington, D.C., and Florida.

He graduated in 1994 from Brown University in Rhode Island, where he first became active supporting the United Farm Workers’ cause.

Upon joining the union, Kashkooli worked coordinating components of campaigns that won UFW contracts for farm workers at Chateau St. Michelle winery in Washington state and mushroom workers. He has continued to play a role supporting the union’s growth.

Among highlights from Kashkooli’s years as union political director is leading the campaign and managing the political work that has won equal overtime pay and heat illness protections for California workers, produced changes to California’s collective bargaining laws for farm workers, winning a national pesticide protection standard for farm workers, and strengthening farm worker health care.

Kashkooli has managed dozens of political races for the UFW, including the election of county, state and national candidates. He worked to win executive actions with the Obama Administration providing immigration relief and continues to play a key role in the UFW’s immigration reform efforts, including leading the UFW’s work to enact the landmark Farm Workforce Modernization Act immigration reform bill at the national capital.