United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/02/2016 Bay Area Indymedia (CA): UFW will ‘sound the alarm’ on suspected heat deaths of farm workers in Kern County area
- 08/02/2016 KERO 23 (ABC) (CA): Coroner’s office: Farm worker died of natural causes
- 08/01/2016 Kern Golden Empire (CA): KCSO: Death of farmworker under investigation
- 08/01/2016 KERO 23 (ABC) (CA): Kern County Coroners Office confirms one farm worker who may have died from the heat
- 08/01/2016 KBAK TV (CBS) (CA): UFW to ‘sound the alarm’ on dangers to farmworkers during triple-digit deat
- 08/01/2016 UFW will ‘sound the alarm’ on suspected heat deaths of farm workers in Kern County area
- 07/30/2016 KFSN TV ABC (CA): Death of 3 farm workers in Kern County may have been caused by the extreme heat
- 07/30/2016 Bakersfield Californian: Farmworker deaths may be heat related
- 07/29/2016 KERO 23 (ABC) (CA): Three grape farm workers dead, possibly from heat-related illnesses according to United Farm Workers
- 07/28/2016 Visalia Times Delta: A walk in Cesar’s shoes: Through the eyes of students
- 07/25/2016 Yakima Herald-Republic (WA): Lower Valley farm workers gather in Granger to celebrate victory in lawsuit, receive payments
- 07/20/2016 The Nation: If You Want to Market a Dangerous Pesticide Without Regulation, Go to the European Union
- 07/20/2016 Workers protest their firing by vineyard because they asked for a pay raise
- 07/20/2016 CBS Local (IL): About 60 Farm Workers Treated After Exposure to Pesticides
- 07/20/2016 KBAK TV (CBS) (CA): Delano workers protest after pay raise denial
- 07/20/2016 KERO 23 ABC (CA): Castle Rock Vineyards employees protest, asking for higher wages
- 07/20/2016 KERO 23 ABC (CA): Castle Rock Vineyards employees protest, asking for higher wages
- 07/20/2016 Boise Weekly (ID): Idaho Dairy Cited for Serious Violation in Manure Pit Drowning
- 07/19/2016 AlterNet: Congress Proposes to Strip Farmworker Protection Standards in Funding Bill
- 07/16/2016 Bloomberg BNA: Groups Criticize EPA Funding Bill Ahead of Floor Vote
- 07/15/2016 NPR: Inside The Lives Of Farmworkers: Top 5 Lessons I Learned On The Ground
- 07/15/2016 eNews Park Forest: California Officially Lists Common Pesticide Atrazine as
- 07/15/2016 Fusion: Climate change is making farm work more dangerous than it already is
- 07/15/2016 AlterNet: Congress Proposes to Strip Farmworker Protection Standards in Funding Bill
- 07/14/2016 Desert Sun: These workers fuel a $120M industry, but many sleep on the streets