United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 03/28/2002 Los Angeles Times: TV Ads Seek Farm Workers Who Are Due Pensions
- 03/28/2002 Los Angeles Times: High Court Ruling Hurts Union Goals of Immigrants Labor: An employer can fire an illegal worker trying to organize, the justices decide. Exploitation is feared.
- 03/28/2002 Ventura County Star: Labor backers fume over worker ruling
- 03/26/2002 Chicago Tribune: Pension money awaits retired migrant workers
- 03/20/2002 San Francisco Chronicle: Davis pushes for big new labor agency – Plan would bypass lawmakers to create Cabinet-level position
- 03/17/2002 Associated Press: Study: Farmworkers experience higher rates of leukemia, brain, prostate, skin cancer
- 03/16/2002 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW Election held
- 03/03/2002 Ventura County Star (CA): Unitarian Universalists rally to union cause – PICTSWEET: Folks pour into Oxnard to show solidarity with push for UFW pact.
- 03/02/2002 Associated Press: Families of farmworkers killed in crash to receive compensation
- 03/01/2002 Ventura County Star: A rose by name of Chavez
- 02/27/2002 Associated Press : Field hands are getting pensions they didn’t know they has
- 02/27/2002 Associated Press : Immigrant and Hispanic workers describe unsafe working conditions
- 02/10/2002 The Monitor (TX): Candidates fight for highly-prized UFW endorsement
- 02/09/2002 Ventura County Star (CA): Tragedy emphasizes farm work dangers
- 02/08/2002 Bakersfield Californian (CA): Groups target Latino turnout
- 02/07/2002 Sacramento Bee (CA): State OKs Cesar Chavez lessons
- 01/28/2002 Monterey Herald: Farmworkers may receive unclaimed pension – Union contract guaranteed thousands of dollars
- 01/17/2002 Ventura County Star: Pictsweet loses in firing dispute
- 12/22/2001 Ventura County Star: UFW, Pictsweet negotiations stall
- 12/20/2001 Ventura County Star: UFW distributes holiday gifts to farm-worker families
- 12/12/2001 The Monitor (TX): UFW protests lawmaker’s support for free trade bill
- 12/11/2001 Yakima Herald (WA): Farm Workers Protest Lack of Help
- 12/11/2001 Tri-City Herald (WA): Ag workers protest labor agency
- 12/04/2001 Fresno Bee: 1 Nursery workers demonstrate
- 11/30/2001 Los Angeles Times: Grape Grower Sued Over Harassment-Labor: EEOC brings action against Coastal Valley Management on behalf of female farm workers.