United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 12/12/2022 Gift give-away for farm worker & low-income families by United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez Foundation and Celebration Nation
- 12/09/2022 Capital and Main: Why Being a Farmworker Is a Health Risk
- 12/08/2022 Crosscutt: Mushroom farmworkers in Yakima Valley rally for union support
- 12/08/2022 Genaro (“Gemo”) Lizama was a fearless organizer with the UFW
- 12/06/2022 America Magazine: The Editors: Congress must pass the bipartisan farmworker reform bill now
- 11/26/2022 The Wall Street Journal: Backers of Farmworker Visa Overhaul Make Year-End Push for Immigrant Labor Deal
- 11/26/2022 abc 23 Bakersfield: Congressional leaders hoping to pass pathway to citizenship for farm-workers
- 11/25/2022 San Francisco Examiner: Remembering Fred Ross Jr., legendary organizer for social justice
- 11/24/2022 Daily Kos: Apple pie for Thanksgiving? These workers make it possible
- 11/24/2022 Daily Kos: United Farm Workers show off the work that goes into your Thanksgiving table
- 11/21/2022 Fred Ross Jr.’s matchless organizing talents empowered farm and other workers
- 11/18/2022 Daily Kos: Farmworkers from nearly a dozen states are rallying in D.C. to urge action during lame duck session
- 11/17/2022 KVPR NPR: Valley growers, farmworkers rally in D.C., urge senators to pass farmworker immigration bill
- 11/17/2022 SUNDAY: Ostrom Mushroom workers and supporters rallying in Seattle
- 11/16/2022 Successful Farming: ‘We need action’ by Senate on farm labor reform, say advocates
- 11/14/2022 The Bakersfield Californian: ‘Under rain, under thunder, we’re there working’: Kern farmworkers head to Washington seeking protections, path to citizenship
- 11/14/2022 Essential Farm Workers Travel to D.C. Before Thanksgiving to Push Compromise Agriculture Bill
- 11/09/2022 Mourning Paul Schrade, a close ally and friend of Cesar Chavez and the farm workers
- 11/03/2022 NBC Right Now: Rep. Dan Newhouse asks Senate to pass Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 10/30/2022 USA Today: Lack of immigration reform hurts businesses and farmers, puts nation’s food supply at risk
- 10/25/2022 Farm worker movement marks Larry D. Itliong Day
- 10/19/2022 GV Wire Opinion: After 60 Years, Time to Honor Fresno Birthplace of National Farmworkers Union
- 10/10/2022 USA Today: Black saliva, sore throat, shortness of breath: How dangerous is wildfire season for US farmworkers?
- 10/08/2022 Living on Earth: Many Hazards for Farmworkers
- 09/29/2022 Daily Kos: In victory led by the state’s farmworkers, Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill strengthening union rights