United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/27/2011 Bilingual Weekly: Central Valley Walk for Union Rights — UFW plans Madera County to State Capital march — Stockton stop estimated on August 29th and 30th
- 08/27/2011 Hundreds of Farm Workers Arrive in Ceres Today to Join “Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now March”
- 08/26/2011 Modesto Bee (CA): Farmworkers trek through valley on way to Sacramento
- 08/26/2011 Turlock Journal: Farm workers march through town, rally for change
- 08/26/2011 Envronmental Health News: Pesticide problem — Exposure ups prostate cancer risk
- 08/26/2011 Rebuffing Delay for Justice, “Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now” March Draws New Faces
- 08/26/2011 Mother Jones: California Defied Own Scientists With Pesticide Approval
- 08/26/2011 California Report: Documents Detail Controversial Pesticide Approval (includes radio recording)
- 08/25/2011 Monterey County Weekly (CA): Docs Show Politics and Science Conflicted in Methyl Iodide Decision
- 08/25/2011 Revved Up By Miles of Support, ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’ March Continues to Sacramento
- 08/25/2011 HealthyCal: Memos show staff questioned rationale for pesticide approval
- 08/25/2011 San Jose Mercury News (CA): EPA settles civil rights complaint over pesticide
- 08/25/2011 eNews Park Forest: ‘Smoking Gun’ Documents Show Science Ignored in Approval of Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide .
- 08/25/2011 Dozens of Central Coast farm workers and supporters join the 200-mile ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’ march to Sacramento
- 08/25/2011 Appointment of ALRB General Counsel falls short of addressing farm workers’ plight
- 08/25/2011 “Smoking Gun” Documents Show Science Ignored in Approval of Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide. Documents from court case detail political interference in decision to approve chemical.
- 08/24/2011 Heading North: 13-Day, 200-Mile Pilgrimage to Sacramento Enters Second Day, With Marching Farm Workers United in Fight for Fair Treatment Now
- 08/24/2011 UFW Marches to Capital (video)
- 08/24/2011 Alternet: A Dole Strawberry Harvester Speaks Out About the Pesticide Methyl Iodide: “We Are Not Like Animals to Experiment With”
- 08/24/2011 Ventura County Star: Groups Call on Governor to Ban Use of Methyl Iodide
- 08/24/2011 Daily Kos: Farm workers marching 200 miles to convince Jerry Brown to sign Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act
- 08/24/2011 Crooks and Liars: Farm Workers Begin 13-day, 200-mile March to Convince Gov. Jerry Brown To Do the Right Thing (includes video)
- 08/24/2011 Care2: California Farm Workers March for Fair Treatment
- 08/24/2011 Merced Sun Star: Merced welcomes UFW marchers
- 08/24/2011 NBC Bay Area (CA): UFW Marching for a Voice