UFW calls for boycott of Windmill Mushrooms
News Coverage
- 07/08/2000 San Jose Mercury News: Farmers, workers seem to agree contractors’ rules should be stricter
- 06/28/2000 Portland Oregonian : Separate campaigns seek amnesty for farm workers: As Sen. Gordon Smith proposes legal residency for some laborers, union members renew calls for a general immigration pardon
- 06/19/2000 KGET Ch. 17: Pesticide applicator says women farm workers faked poisoning illnesses
- 06/17/2000 Bakersfield Californian: UFW wants spraying company grounded
- 06/16/2000 La Opinion (TRANSLATION) : Farmworkers become ill by effect of pesticides They still have not recovered from the compound Lorsban that they inhaled one week ago
- 06/14/2000 Fresno Bee : Analysis reveals pesticide drifted Officials to find out whether copter’s spray or earlier application made farmworkers ill.
- 06/10/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide sprayed on workers; 24 taken to emergency room
- 06/08/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Hearings of farm labor violations proceed without presence of United Farm Workers
- 06/05/2000 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW may seek Gallo boycott
- 06/02/2000 Sacramento Bee: Bill targeting farm labor violations stalls: workers would have been able to sue grower
- 06/01/2000 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Gallo farm workers allege mistreatment
- 05/31/2000 Los Angeles Times: Field Workers need this shield
- 05/31/2000 Whittier Daily News: Assemblyman refuses to back farmworkers
- 05/31/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Farm workers target lawmakers over bill
- 05/31/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Larger spraying buffer sought
- 05/27/2000 San Francisco Chronicle: Fairness for farmworkers
- 05/26/2000 Los Angeles Times: UFW Toils in a new field: Cities
- 05/05/2000 Los Angeles Times: Labor Board Gives UFW a Victory in Oxnard Agriculture: United Farm Workers wins right to represent more than 700 strawberry pickers. Officials say it marks first time in 20 years they have had union leadership.
- 05/04/2000 Associated Press: FARM SCENE: Farmer union and rival share representation of berry workers
- 05/04/2000 San Jose Mercury News: Lawmakers back bill to honor Cesar Chavez Vote: Committee OKs revised version for holiday; measure `has wings.’
- 05/04/2000 Sacramento Bee: Bill aims at farm labor practices
- 04/30/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Chronicles of courage: Exhibit illustrates passion, pain of farm worker movement
- 04/07/2000 San Jose Mercury News: Schools to teach about Chavez under new plan
- 04/03/2000 Los Angeles Times: Keeping legacy alive
- 04/03/2000 Daily News: Marchers honor Chavez