United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 09/04/2022 The White House: Statement by President Biden in Support of California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act
- 09/01/2022 Los Angeles Times: Column: Newsom skipped meeting with UFW leaders. Now he should sign California’s farmworker union bill
- 08/31/2022 The Sacramento Bee: Frustrated with Gavin Newsom, California farmworkers hold vigil in Fresno for union bill
- 08/30/2022 Democracy Now: CA Gov. Newsom Threatens to Veto Farmworker Union Bill as He Buys $14.5M Vineyard in Napa Valley
- 08/30/2022 Mashable: See the heartwarming support for California’s farmworkers on TikTok
- 08/30/2022 Daily Kos: California lawmakers pass farmworker bill as 24-hour vigil urges governor to sign
- 08/29/2022 ‘Vigil for the Governor’s Signature’ at state Capitol urging him to sign farm workers’ voting rights bill
- 08/27/2022 The Sacramento Bee: Yes, really: Newsom’s new vineyard announced on same day he says he can’t help farmworkers
- 08/26/2022 CBS News Sacramento: United Farm Workers joined by thousands in Sacramento at state capitol
- 08/26/2022 ABC 10: Here’s why farm workers marched from Delano to Sacramento
- 08/26/2022 ABC 10: ‘Protection for farm workers is key’: Hear from the woman who led the UFW march from Delano to Sacramento
- 08/25/2022 Time: California Farmworkers Are Marching 335 Miles for the Right to Vote in Union Elections by Mail
- 08/25/2022 KCRA 3: Why marching California farm workers want Gov. Newsom to sign union voting rights bill AB 2183
- 08/24/2022 Daily Kos: Farmworkers near end of 24-day ‘March for the Governor’s Signature’ urging support for bill
- 08/24/2022 Weary marchers nearing Sacramento, preparing for final leg of 24-day, 335-mile trek as 5,000 are expected to march on state Capitol Friday
- 08/23/2022 Lodi News-Sentinel: United Farm Workers stop in Lodi in push for expanded union voting options
- 08/22/2022 KCRA 3: ‘We’re here to give them a voice’: Group marching hundreds of miles to California capitol in support of farm workers
- 08/22/2022 Al Dia News: United Farm Workers’ “March for the Governor’s Signature,” to conclude in Sacramento this Friday
- 08/22/2022 Momentum builds as 5,000 to join final leg of 24-day, 335-mile UFW ‘March for the Governor’s Signature’
- 08/21/2022 The Modesto Bee: In UFW march, MLK’s son likens farmworkers’ plight ‘almost as equivalent’ to slavery
- 08/20/2022 Los Angeles Time: Los Angeles Times: United Farm Workers members march again to the Capitol, where their clout is growing
- 08/19/2022 California Teachers Association: Marching for Union Rights
- 08/19/2022 The Fresno Bee: Marcher began her UFW life with 1966 march at age 7
- 08/19/2022 Turlock Journal: Turlockers support farmworkers on their march to Sacramento
- 08/19/2022 Daily Kos: Farmworker from 335-mile march says laborers deserve ‘benefits, respect, equality’