United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 01/25/2017 KERO 23 (ABC) (CA): UFW reacts to President Trump’s executive orders on immigration
- 01/25/2017 NPR: EPA Scientists’ Work May Face ‘Case By Case’ Review By Trump Team, Official Says
- 01/23/2017 Chavez family marks Helen Chavez’s birthday by joining women’s marches
- 01/16/2017 Vibe: MLK On Cesar Chavez’s Dedication To Equality: “We Are Brothers”
- 01/14/2017 The Intercept: POISON FRUIT –Dow Chemical Wants Farmers to Keep Using a Pesticide Linked to Autism and ADHD
- 01/14/2017 Santa Rosa Press Democrat (CA): Santa Rosa school board votes to protect undocumented students
- 01/12/2017 Los Angeles Times: Produce industry releases plan for ending abusive Mexican farm labor conditions
- 01/11/2017 Flake constituents, UFW Foundation members visit his Phoenix office urging opposition to Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general
- 01/04/2017 Legal News Line: EPA targets Syngenta Seeds, seeks $4.8 million for alleged worker .
- 01/04/2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS (TX): Mexican veterinarians sue Idaho dairy for human trafficking
- 01/04/2017 Abused workers turned to UFW for help: Federal lawsuit filed alleges forced labor at rural Idaho dairy
- 01/02/2017 Wisconsin State Farmer: Migrant workers driven to death
- 01/02/2017 KVEW (WA): IN-DEPTH: The Farm & Chemical Warfare
- 01/02/2017 Southeast Farm Press: Here’s a list of major changes to Agricultural Worker Protection rules
- 01/02/2017 KyForward.com: EPA won’t delay new rule aimed at protecting farm workers
- 12/29/2016 Agri-Pulse: EPA rejects request to delay pesticide safety rule
- 12/29/2016 Coachella Unincorporated (CA): For Female Farmworkers, Work Never Stops
- 12/28/2016 Santa Maria Sun (CA): Pesticide mixtures could pose increased risk to farmworkers, pllinators
- 12/24/2016 News & Observer: Unsafe transport leads to death for farmworkers.
- 12/24/2016 Bloomberg BNA: Future of Top Pesticide Uncertain After Grueling Cancer Review
- 12/24/2016 Bakersfield Californian: Helen Chavez: The mother who made tamales, the crusader who fought for justice
- 12/23/2016 Merced Sun-Star: Unsafe transport leads to death: Farmworkers ‘disposable’?
- 12/21/2016 Bakersfield Californian: Protesters descend on McCarthy’s district office
- 12/20/2016 BuzzFeed News: US Guest Worker Program Risks Human Trafficking, Says UN Official
- 12/19/2016 Chemistry World: Syngenta subsidiary faces fine over pesticide exposure