United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 06/18/2009 EHS Today: Cal/OSHA Compliance Officers Say OSHAB’s “Unfair Policies” Impact Their Ability to Protect CA Workers
- 06/18/2009 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA workers protest appeals system
- 06/18/2009 SignonSanDiego (AP): California board orders revisions to heat rules
- 06/18/2009 Examiner.com (Pacifica Radio): Emergency response to overheating farmers
- 06/18/2009 KGO TV: Cal OSHA considers new heat laws (includes video 2:12)
- 06/18/2009 Desert Sun: More demanded from state to stop heat-related deaths
- 06/13/2009 Salinas Californian: Sacramento upgrades heat guidelines for labor companies
- 06/08/2009 Huffington Post: Exclusive Video: Martin Sheen Speaks Out for Farm Workers (1:01)
- 06/05/2009 Los Angeles Times: Jack Henning dies at 93; California labor leader
- 06/02/2009 Kero 23: UFW Prepared To Press Charges
- 06/02/2009 ABC 30: Immigration Reform (includes video 2:25)
- 06/02/2009 Salinas Californian: Salinas Valley immigration coalition rallies
- 06/01/2009 Monterey County Herald: Farmworker struggle dissected – Memories of lettuce boycott show business/labor divide lingers
- 06/01/2009 Salinas Californian: UFW group joins immigration effort
- 06/01/2009 Salinas Californian: UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta shares stories of union struggles in Salinas
- 05/30/2009 Portland Oregonian: Chavez would take high road on Portland street renaming
- 05/29/2009 Salinas Californian: ‘People who made history’: Salinas Stories will debate actions of the United Farm Workers
- 05/29/2009 New York Times: Rule Change for Workers on Farms
- 05/27/2009 Kero 23: Dozens Of Field Pickers Protest Working Conditions
- 05/21/2009 Vida en el Valle: Feinstein presents AgJOBS
- 05/18/2009 McClatchy News Service: Commentary – U.S. must reform immigration
- 05/16/2009 New York Times, Editorial: Farms and Immigrants
- 05/16/2009 Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Turn up the heat on safety in the fields
- 05/15/2009 San Luis Obispo Tribune: Feinstein again introduces agricultural guest-worker bill
- 05/15/2009 Minneapolis City Pages: New Yorker reveals true colors behind Two Buck Chuck