United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 09/12/2011 Sacramento Bee: Raft of labor-backed bills are a challenge for Jerry Brown
- 09/10/2011 Variety: Luna marches on Chavez biopic
- 09/07/2011 Feedstuffs: Labor department proposes to ban youth from engaging in certain types of Ag work
- 09/07/2011 California Watch: Banned berry pesticide still commonly used
- 09/06/2011 Special for the UFW: 13-DAY FARM WORKER MARCH ENDS IN SACRAMENTO AS 5,000 MARK “HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH”
- 09/04/2011 Examiner (CA): California farm workers rally for union rights at State Capitol in Sacramento
- 09/04/2011 Salinas Californian: Farmworker protest turns to celebration in Sacramento
- 09/04/2011 Bilingual Weekly: The Fight Continues: Farm workers walk asking better working conditions (includes photo slideshow)
- 09/04/2011 Ventura County Star: UFW marchers reach Capitol, celebrate proposed labor reforms
- 09/04/2011 Sacramento Press: United Farm Workers & Union March: Soles for SB 126 (includes video slideshow)
- 09/04/2011 Sacramento Bee: UFW end 200 mile march in Sacramento (video)
- 09/04/2011 KCRA 3(CA): Farm Workers March For Respect (video)
- 09/04/2011 Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA): Kimberly Freeman Brown: Support companies that support their workers
- 09/03/2011 UFW News Release: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 3, 2011 Deal could make it easier for farmworkers to unionize
- 09/03/2011 Sacramento Bee: UFW, Jerry Brown meet in the middle — for now
- 09/03/2011 Los Angeles Times: Deal would make it easier for farmworkers to unionize
- 09/02/2011 Farm worker march on Capitol Sunday is largest Labor Day weekend event in California. Governor’s proposal incorporated into Steinberg bill
- 09/02/2011 In These Times: Bureaucracy Inaction: DOL Slowly Moves to Strengthen Child Farm Worker Laws
- 09/02/2011 San Francisco Bay Guardian: Dick Meister — VIVA EL BOICOTTEO!
- 09/02/2011 Free Speech Radio News: California farm workers march in support of workers’ rights legislation
- 09/01/2011 The Ecologist: Consumers and farm workers at risk from toxic pesticides sprayed on salad
- 09/01/2011 The Packer: Department of Labor proposes child labor regulations
- 09/01/2011 EHS Today: Groups Turn the Heat Up on OSHA
- 09/01/2011 Capital Public Radio News: Farm Workers Long March to Sacramento (includes audio)
- 09/01/2011 7:30-8:30 a.m. Thursday in Galt: Lawmakers join farm worker march to Sacramento