United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 04/10/2013 New York Times: Senate Talks on Farmworker Program Inch Forward
- 04/10/2013 KPCC (CA): Deal reached on migrant farm workers? (includes audio)
- 04/09/2013 Los Angeles Times: Immigration talks bog down over numbers
- 04/09/2013 Huffington Post: Gang Of Eight: Immigration Deal Is Close
- 04/09/2013 The Sacramento Bee: Senator-Tentative deal on immigration ag workers
- 04/08/2013 New York Times: Senate Talks on Farmworker Program Inch Forward
- 04/05/2013 The Guardian: Only full immigration reform can do justice to the memory of Cesar Chavez
- 04/05/2013 Farm Workers Travel to Washington, DC to Outline Vision for Immigration Policy Reform as Negotiations Reach Critical Stage
- 04/05/2013 Farm workers and their families travel to Washington D.C. to support immigration reform effort
- 04/05/2013 San Jose Mercury News (CA): Immigration talks between California farm groups hit impasse
- 04/04/2013 ABC 23 (CA): AP Stylebook drops the term “illegal immigrant” to describe a person
- 04/03/2013 Washington Post: Senate immigration bill would set up a new permanent agriculture worker program
- 04/03/2013 Fort Worth Star Telegram: Texas Senate panel OKs naming section of Fort Worth freeway for Cesar Chavez
- 04/02/2013 AP: ‘Illegal immigrant’ no more
- 04/02/2013 AP Stylebook stops using ‘i’ word (illegal) after MoveOn.org appeal from Cesar Chavez’s widow
- 04/01/2013 Huffington Post: Farm Workers Celebrate Cesar Chavez Day By Marching and Lobbying for a New Immigration Process (blog by Arturo Rodriguez)
- 04/01/2013 KERO 23 (CA): Thousands of people marching around the state for a new immigration process
- 03/31/2013 Townhall.com: Google Celebrates Cesar Chavez’s Birthday on Easter
- 03/31/2013 ABC News / Univision: Google Doodle Honoring Cesar Chavez is Not a Big Shift for Google
- 03/31/2013 First Things: Why It’s Fitting to Remember Cesar Chavez on Easter Sunday
- 03/31/2013 Ernie Powell’s Grassroots Corner (video)
- 03/29/2013 Houston Chronicle: César Chávez’s legacy is a lesson in guidance, leadership
- 03/29/2013 Modesto Bee (CA): On Chávez’s birthday, UFW struggle goes on
- 03/29/2013 Presidential Proclamation — Cesar Chavez Day
- 03/28/2013 San Antonio Express: An apt time to honor César Chávez