United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 07/31/2023 The Guardian: Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils
- 07/28/2023 Democracy Now: Texas Rep. Greg Casar on Why He Undertook “Thirst Strike” to Demand Heat Protections for Workers
- 07/26/2023 Farm Workers Demand OSHA Issue Federal Heat Rule
- 07/25/2023 CBS News: Texas Congressman Greg Casar holds hunger and thirst strike to call for federal workplace heat standard
- 07/25/2023 CNN: Texas congressman leads thirst and hunger strike to urge heat protections for workers
- 07/25/2023 Texas Observer: Texas Workers, Congressman Launch ‘Thirst Strike’ for Heat Protections
- 07/24/2023 America’s Voice: “No Worker Deserves To Die On The Job”: Calls For Federal Heat Protections Intensify Following Tragic Death Of Florida Farmworker
- 07/24/2023 AZ Central: Yuma farmworker and father of 2 dies amid record heat wave
- 07/23/2023 The New York Times: Rising Heat Deaths Are Not Just About the Temperature
- 07/23/2023 CBS News: Brutal heat wave tests farm workers, many of whom lack legal protections
- 07/23/2023 Dr. Walt Newman Jr., dedicated himself over many years to farm worker health care and the UFW’s RFK Medical Plan
- 07/21/2023 The Press Democrat: California’s farmworkers in labor investigations will get free legal help with immigration
- 07/20/2023 Beacon: ‘Embarrassing and shameful’: Advocates blast Mills’ veto of farmworker rights bill
- 07/20/2023 NBC News: South Florida mourns death of another farmworker as advocates fight for heat protections:
- 07/19/2023 CBS News Miami: Homestead farmworker dies because of extreme heat
- 07/19/2023 Capital & Main: Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms
- 07/17/2023 The Sacramento Bee: UFW just got big union wins at New York farms. Is the same coming for California?
- 07/17/2023 Yakima Herald-Republic: Newhouse reintroduces Farm Workforce Modernization Act, optimistic about Senate’s support
- 07/16/2023 NPR: The U.S.’s increased reliance on farmworkers from other countries is drawing concern
- 07/14/2023 NPR: For farmworkers recovering from Central Valley flooding, the safety net is thin
- 07/12/2023 UFW & UFW Foundation: ‘End the Racist Exclusion of Farm Workers from Overtime Pay’
- 07/10/2023 NPR: It’s hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death
- 07/10/2023 KQED: California’s Farmworkers Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change
- 07/09/2023 Morning Ag Clips: Farm Workers Welcome Reintroduction of Bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 07/08/2023 The Goshen News: Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth