UFW calls for boycott of Windmill Mushrooms
News Coverage
- 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.
- 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.