United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 08/11/2007 Fresno Bee: Farmers object to feds’ hiring crackdown
- 08/10/2007 KBAK Ch 29: Ten workers exposed to pesticide
- 08/10/2007 KERO TV: Worst Air In Nation 20 Miles From Bakersfield – EPA Claims Arvin, Calif., Has Nation’s Worst Air
- 08/10/2007 Bakersfield Californian: Workers treated after exposure to chemicals
- 08/10/2007 Fresno Bee: Calif. farm town is nation’s smoggiest
- 08/09/2007 Associated Press: Calif. Farm Town Is Nation’s Smoggiest
- 08/09/2007 Salinas Californian: Ruling OKs pesticides application
- 08/09/2007 Fresno Bee: Public loses when it’s locked out of meetings
- 08/09/2007 Bakersfield Californian: UFW, Kern farmers on edge
- 08/09/2007 KERO: Eleven Sickened From Pesticide Cloud
- 08/09/2007 Today’s THV: California Farm Town Is Nation’s Smoggiest
- 08/07/2007 Fresno Bee: EPA visit to Fresno sparks protests
- 08/07/2007 KPCC: Stage Musical Explores Legacy of Cesar Chavez
- 08/04/2007 Los Angeles Times: Rules on illegal workers stir fears
- 08/04/2007 KGET: UFW Union demands human rights be given to farm workers
- 08/03/2007 Sacramento Bee: Pesticide applicator fined $9,000 for spraying accident
- 08/03/2007 New York Times: In Increments, Senate Revisits Immigration Bill
- 08/03/2007 KKEY Telemundo Ch. 11: Peligros que enfrentan los trabajadores del campo
- 08/02/2007 Playbill: Ed Begley Jr.’s Cesar and Ruben Begins California Run Aug. 3
- 08/01/2007 Fresno Bee: Lawsuit expected to challenge pesticide use – Court action will seek to end use of a substance critics say caused farmworker illness.
- 08/01/2007 Seattle Times: EPA faces suit over farm use of once-banned insecticide
- 08/01/2007 89.3 KPCC: Farm Workers, Unions Sue EPA to Ban Pesticide
- 07/31/2007 Associated Press: Farm workers sue EPA to ban pesticide they claim sickens them
- 07/30/2007 Los Angeles Times: Pesticide link to autism suspected – A state study suggests two farm sprays may raise chances of having a child with the disorder
- 07/30/2007 Monterey Herald: Act would simplify farm union registration