United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 03/28/2023 The Fresno Bee: Flood relief for farmworkers just a trickle of the need, say advocates
- 03/28/2023 The Conversation: Pilgrimage and revolution: How Cesar Chavez married faith and ideology in landmark farmworkers’ march
- 03/24/2023 abc 7 News: ‘This is a catastrophe’: Farmworkers bear the brunt of crop flooding, desperate for federal aid
- 03/23/2023 abc 30 Action News: Concerns rise for farmworkers as floods expected to continue in Kings County
- 03/22/2023 LAist: Ventura Farmworkers Have Lost Critical Income In Storms
- 03/20/2023 Address by Teresa Romero, President, United Farm Workers of America, Commonwealth Club of California, March 20, 2023—San Francisco, California
- 03/16/2023 Los Angeles Times: Latinx Files: Floods bring tragedy to Pajaro
- 03/16/2023 PBS News Hour: Floods fill some of California’s summer strawberry fields
- 02/28/2023 Reuters: US farm agency should make robust changes to ensure equity -report
- 02/28/2023 NPR: A USDA commission issues recommendations on racial equity for farmers
- 02/28/2023 Farm Workers Welcome New AEWR Rule
- 02/25/2023 The New York Times: In a California Town, Farmworkers Start From Scratch After Surprise Flood
- 02/25/2023 Sunnyside Sun: Ostrom Mushroom sold to private equity firm
- 02/23/2023 KQED: Teresa Romero on Organizing California Farmworkers
- 02/23/2023 Ostrom Mushroom Sold; UFW Condemns Treatment of Mushroom Workers by New Anti-Union Management
- 02/21/2023 Civil Eats: Farmworkers Finally Won Overtime Pay. Now the Industry Wants to Repeal It.
- 02/17/2023 KQED: From the Soil: Farmworkers Building Fire Resilience
- 02/16/2023 The Hill: Biden EPA proposes restoring pesticide protections for farmworkers rolled back under Trump
- 02/12/2023 KPQ 101.7FM: Thousands Tune In for Public Hearing on Bill Proposing Overtime Restriction for Farm Workers
- 02/10/2023 Rufino Contreras asked for ‘a more just share’ of what he produced; 44 years ago the company answered him with bullets
- 02/09/2023 Los Angeles Times: Column: Shooting uncovers ‘plantation mentality’ in a rich, liberal California enclave
- 02/09/2023 Los Angeles Times: LA Times Today: Half Moon Bay farmworkers face ‘deplorable’ conditions
- 02/08/2023 Environmental Health News: Mobilizing against pesticides from the ground up
- 02/08/2023 KCRA 3: California farmworkers who worked during the pandemic eligible for $600 cash cards
- 02/04/2023 Union-Bulletin: California’s ‘most disadvantaged’ workers have widespread chronic health issues, study finds