Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
News Coverage
- 12/31/2009 Daily News, Editorial: Not fit for man or beast: State can’t let horses win more labor rights than farmworkers
- 12/15/2009 Allvoices (from Salinas Californian): U.S. Rep. Farr comments on federal immigration bill
- 12/15/2009 San Antonio Express: House Dems reopen immigration reform issue
- 12/15/2009 Latin American Herald Tribune: Hispanic Farmworkers Seek Tighter Controls on Pesticide Use
- 12/14/2009 ABC News Nightline: Video (5:15): Tough Sheriff Joe, Striped uniforms, rationed food, what is a western sheriff’s motivation?
- 12/14/2009 AZ Family.com, Ch 3: Video (2:36): Cesar Chavez’s grandson stands toe to toe with Sheriff Joe
- 12/14/2009 Huffington Post: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, A.S.A.P.
- 12/08/2009 New York Daily News: Treated like dirt, again: Lawmakers let down exploited farmworkers for umpteenth time
- 12/07/2009 Los Angeles Times: Infant deaths, cleft palates raise concern about toxic landfill in San Joaquin Valley
- 12/04/2009 ABC 30: Farmworkers Fired Then Hired and Fired Again (includes video 2:15)
- 12/04/2009 Long Beach Press Telegram: 12-year-old helps document migrants’ plight
- 12/03/2009 Houston Chronicle: Follow MLK’s guidance on immigration reform
- 11/26/2009 NY Daily News: This must be New York’s final harvest of shame: Let us finally protect exploited farmworkers
- 11/16/2009 Visalia Local (from Visalia Times Delta): Robert M. Montion: Column on heat-related rules was insensitive (2nd item down on the web site)
- 11/07/2009 Calitics (from UFW, Salinas Californian, Environ. News: Help Protect Children From Toxic Pesticides
- 11/04/2009 Environmental News Service: EPA Proposes Labeling to Control Pesticide Drift, Evaluates Petition
- 11/03/2009 Planet Green (a Discovery Company): Not Local? Not Organic? Not Humane. Harvesting activist lessons From Cesar Chavez and the Grape Boycott.
- 10/23/2009 KGET: Battle continues between UFW and Giumarra Farms
- 10/22/2009 Mission Local: « Life, Art and 500 Capp St. Dobbs Draws Fire as CNN Airs Doc About Latinos » “Illegal Alien” Halloween Costume Creates Uproar & Target Pulls It
- 10/20/2009 Boston Globe, Editorial: Halloween: Trick or stereotype – If the aim of this costume was political satire, the joke falls flat.
- 10/20/2009 CBS 5: “Illegal Alien” Halloween Costume Pulled From Stores
- 10/15/2009 The Oregonian: Farmworker groups ask EPA to protect kids from pesticide drift
- 10/05/2009 Seattle Times: In Washington state, farm workers push for unionization
- 10/02/2009 Capitol Weekly: ‘Grassroots’ Latino Water Coalition registered to ag industry lobbyist
- 10/01/2009 San Diego Union Tribune: Heat regulations tough to enforce – Standards are too vague, critics say