United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 09/18/2016 GoSkagit (ID): Sakuma Bros. set to become third business in state with union farmworkers
- 09/18/2016 Burlington Hawk Eye (IA): Drifting pesticides put neighboring farms at risk
- 09/18/2016 PBS Newshour: When labor laws left farm workers behind — and vulnerable to abuse
- 09/18/2016 WLS-TV (ABC-7): Blue Island residents repaint controversial Mexican-American mural
- 09/17/2016 MyStatesman.com: United Farmworkers march 50 years ago turned a crucial election
- 09/16/2016 U.S. Politics Today: Presidential Proclamation — National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2016
- 09/15/2016 Reader Supported News: After 78 Years of Struggle, California Farmworkers Win the Right to Overtime Pay: An Interview With UFW President Arturo Rodriguez
- 09/15/2016 Santa Monica Observer (CA): Cal. Farm Workers to be Paid Overtime, First State in US to Pay Agricultural Overtime
- 09/14/2016 Capital Press (WA): Sakuma workers vote to join union; boycott over
- 09/14/2016 Workers Independent News Service: California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation granting farm workers overtime pay.
- 09/13/2016 KPBS (CA): Photo Exhibit Commemorates Farmworker Movement At Another Historical Moment
- 09/13/2016 Democracy Now!: California Farmworkers Win Major Labor Victory
- 09/13/2016 Stockton Record (CA): SJ farmworkers gather to celebrate new overtime law
- 09/13/2016 CBS Fresno: Farmworker OT law celebration & concerns
- 09/13/2016 Farm workers gather to celebrate Gov. Brown signing overtime into law
- 09/13/2016 Overtime bill a precedent. Victory for farm workers
- 09/12/2016 Sacramento Bee: California farmworker overtime bill signed by Jerry Brown
- 09/12/2016 Los Angeles Times: Gov. Jerry Brown signs historic legislation granting expanded overtime pay to farmworkers
- 09/12/2016 UPI.com: California governor signs historic bill upgrading overtime for farmworkers
- 09/12/2016 San Diego Union-Tribune: Why signing farmworker overtime bill in California is huge
- 09/12/2016 Vida en el Valle: Governor signs farmworker overtime bill
- 09/12/2016 Capitol Public Radio: Brown Signs Farmworker Overtime Bill
- 09/12/2016 Los Angeles Times: In historic move, Gov. Jerry Brown expands overtime pay for California farmworkers
- 09/12/2016 Wall Street Journal: California Farmworkers to Get Overtime Pay After 8 Hours Under New Law
- 09/12/2016 Monterey County Weekly: Gov. Jerry Brown grants overtime pay to California farmworkers