News Coverage Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 11/14/2001 Arizona Daily Star: County OKs Chavez holiday 09/29/2001 Salinas Californian: Pension surprises retired ag worker 09/29/2001 Santa Cruz Sentinal: Farmworker finds pension pays off: $73,000, so far 09/19/2001 The Monitor: Cornyn: Social Security card not needed for driver’s license 09/11/2001 Ventura County Star: Pictsweet organizer backed by board 09/09/2001 Los Angeles Times: Board Accuses Pictsweet of Illegally Firing Worker 09/08/2001 Los Angeles Times: Jim Drake, 63; Aide to Chavez Helped Spread UFW’s Message 09/02/2001 Los Angeles Times: Pickers March Across Ventura – Labor: Workers demanding a contract protest their treatment by Pictsweet. Event is part of renewed offensive by UFW 08/30/2001 The Monitor: Fight for Benefits UFW stages protest, demands amnesty for immigrant workers 08/30/2001 San Francisco Chronicle: UFW makes contract with furniture firm: Union to represent nonfarm workers 08/29/2001 Associated Press: United Farm Workers union announced first non-farm contract 08/22/2001 Fresno Bee: 59% say legalize migrant workers 08/09/2001 Sacramento Bee: Big year for farm workers in state: The latest win is a law that reforms the contracting system. 08/09/2001 Fresno Bee: Davis OKs law on farm wages – Crackdown on cheating employers is a UFW first. 08/09/2001 Ventura County Star: UFW says Pictsweet position hypocritical 08/09/2001 Tri-City Herald: NAFTA forum discusses concerns 08/08/2001 Fresno Bee: Davis signs ag tax relief, studies labor crackdown Farmers praise the governor at the Tulare signing, hope he vetoes farmworker bill. 08/06/2001 Yakima Herald: Thousands Fill Yakima Streets 08/04/2001 Sacramento Bee: Like other undocumented farm workers in California, Gabriela Hernandez hoped to build a future. Instead, she awoke, paralyzed from a van crash … ‘I thought I was dead’: Farm labor van safety program falls short 08/04/2001 Ventura County Star: Pictsweet workers gain new support 08/03/2001 Bakersfield Californian: UFW chief rallies support for proposals 07/21/2001 Sacramento Bee: Davis gets legislation to stiffen farm laws 07/20/2001 Sacramento Bee: Bush rekindles immigration debate 07/19/2001 San Francisco Chronicle: Hard work, fair pay (opinion page) 07/14/2001 Ventura County Star: Rabbi group backs UFW in Pictsweet action « Previous1…282283284285286…300Next »