United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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- 03/07/2011 UFW Presicent Arturo Rodriguez speaks at 3/7/11 vigil for Maria Isabel (video)
- 03/07/2011 Video from Stockton vigil for Maria Isavel #2
- 03/07/2011 Change.org: Final 2-Day Vigil Launched Over 17-Year-Old Farmworker’s Death
- 03/07/2011 UFW Vice President Merlyn Calderon speaks at 3/7/11 vigil (video)
- 03/07/2011 Video from Stockton vigil for Maria Isavel #3
- 03/07/2011 Bishop Blair speaks at 3/7/11 vigil (video)
- 03/07/2011 Fresno State students, professors gather for Day of Action in death of 17-year old farm worker girl
- 03/05/2011 Change.org: Last Chance for Justice in Death of 17 Year-Old Farmworker
- 03/04/2011 Central Valley Business Times (CA): Farm workers union sponsors vigil over death of teenage field worker
- 03/01/2011 Family of teen farm worker heat death victim, Oaxacan community & UFW demand local Judge dismiss felony plea bargain deal (UFW press release)
- 02/25/2011 Change.org: Farm Bosses Who Abuse Their Workers to Death Shouldn’t Walk Free
- 02/22/2011 Change.org: 40 Hours Community Service for Killing a 17-Year-Old Girl?
- 02/09/2011 Family of teen heat stroke death victim launching campaign to demand judge reject plea bargain deal (UFW press release)
- 08/20/2010 United Farm Workers Statement on New State Heat Illness Regulations (UFW press release)
- 07/28/2010 UFW Stands by Family Seeking Justice in Heat Stroke Death of Teen Farm Worker at Farmington vineyard (Scroll down to see statement from Merlyn Calderon, UFW National Vice President) (UFW press release)
- 07/16/2010 UFW Laments The Death of a Farm Worker Who Died While Laboring in an Arvin Vineyard (UFW press release)
- 05/13/2010 Members of the local clergy join workers at Giumarra vineyard praying for no more heat deaths as weather gets warm (UFW press release)