Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
News Coverage
- 02/13/2010 Capitol Press: Review panel calls methyl iodide unsafe
- 02/12/2010 Wall Street Journal: Rules Tighten on Foreign Farm Workers
- 02/11/2010 Ventura County Star: Toxicologists say methyl iodide poses health risks
- 02/11/2010 ABC News: Labor Dep’t Approves New Rules on Farm Workers – Labor Dep’t reverses Bush-era regulations on seasonal foreign farm workers
- 02/06/2010 Roseville Press Tribune: United Farm Workers (UFW) Endorses Senator Dean Florez For Lt. Governor
- 02/03/2010 Daily Kos: Fight Sexual Harrassment in the Fields – Sign the UFW Petition
- 02/02/2010 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH: Issue 2 countermeasure in works –
- 01/28/2010 Ventura County Star: Dozens join immigration reform vigil
- 01/19/2010 Legislative Gazette – Farmworker bill amended; resistance doesn’t fade away
- 01/14/2010 Bakersfield Californian: Lawsuit alleges Giumarra allowed sexual harassment
- 01/14/2010 Dallas Morning News: State hearing on social studies curriculum draws crowd
- 01/13/2010 CBS Ch 29 (Bakersfieldnow.com): Kern grower faces sexual harassment suit
- 01/13/2010 Alter Net: Study – Immigration Reform Will Ease Economic Decline
- 01/13/2010 CNSnews.com (AP): Texas braces for fight over social studies lessons
- 01/13/2010 ABC News (AP): Texas debates how history will be taught
- 01/13/2010 News 8 Austin: Public hearing sparks religious conversation (includes video 1:41)
- 01/05/2010 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Lowered expectations for immigrant rights advocates
- 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