United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 05/19/2017 Democracy Now!: VIDEO: Migrant Farmworkers May Have Been Sickened by Toxic Greenlighted by EPA Under Trump
- 05/18/2017 LULAC Facebook Live: Conversation with representatives from Earthjustice and UFW on harmful pesticides and how they negatively impact farmworkers, our children, and our community
- 05/18/2017 Safety+Health magazine: EPA announces 12-month delay of pesticide-handler rule
- 05/18/2017 Carbonated tv: Trump Administration Has Become A Nightmare For Immigrant Farmworkers
- 05/18/2017 Tehachapi News (CA): Visitor Guide: The National Cesar E. Chavez Center
- 05/18/2017 NJ Spotlight : Assembly Panel Looks to Ban Pesticide OK’d by Trump Administration
- 05/17/2017 The Guardian: Pesticide that Trump’s EPA refused to ban blamed for sickening farm workers
- 05/17/2017 El Ticolote: Pesticide OK’d by Trump admin endangers farmworkers
- 05/17/2017 Grist: A week after 50 farmworkers were sickened by pesticides, the EPA punts on protecting them
- 05/16/2017 Washington Post: EPA asked the public which regulations to gut — and got an earful about leaving them alone
- 05/16/2017 Southwest Farm Press: EPA puts the brakes on CPA worker protection rule; move draws pro and con responses
- 05/16/2017 L.A. Weekly (CA): A New Stage History of the United Farm Workers Fails to Crack the Enigma of Cesar Chavez
- 05/16/2017 Digital Journal: EPA OK’s nasty pesticide – Now 12 farmworkers have been poisoned
- 05/15/2017 Mother Jones: Trump’s EPA greenlights a nasty chemical. A month later, it poisons a bunch of farmworkers
- 05/15/2017 NY Times: A Strong Case Against a Pesticide Does Not Faze E.P.A. Under Trump
- 05/15/2017 Inverse: The Scary Effects of Chlorpyrifos, a Chemical Approved by the EPA
- 05/15/2017 New York Times: A Strong Case Against a Pesticide Does Not Faze E.P.A. Under Trump
- 05/12/2017 UFW response to EPA delaying protections for workers applying most toxic pesticides
- 05/11/2017 Modern Farmer: “Blue Card” Legislation Proposes New Path To Citizenship For Undocumented Farmworkers
- 05/11/2017 San Francisco Chronicle: Farmworkers encounter pesticide dangers
- 05/11/2017 Courthouse News Service: Trump’s Ties to Dow Chemical Prompt FOIA Suit
- 05/11/2017 Monterey County News (CA): Study to look at lack of affordable housing for farmworkers
- 05/11/2017 89.3 KPCC (CA): Diane Rodriguez’s new play explores labor politics and personal sacrifice
- 05/10/2017 KTRK-TV (TX): Renewed effort underway to allow undocumented farm workers to stay in the U.S.
- 05/10/2017 Los Angeles Times: Arizona farm accused of abusing Mexican migrant workers