United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/24/2011 Visalia Times-Delta (CA): Farmworkers march to Sacramento
- 08/24/2011 People’s World: Farm workers march for justice
- 08/23/2011 eNews Park Forest (CA): Beyond Pesticides’ Back to School Checklist
- 08/23/2011 Easier path to union membership and overtime among goals of 13-day farm worker’s pilgrimage
- 08/23/2011 La Opinion: Campesinos marchan a Sacramento por sus derechos
- 08/23/2011 Latina Lista: Desperate California farmworkers start 200-mile march to convince Gov. Brown to sign bill ensuring fair treatment
- 08/23/2011 Sacramento Bee: Farm workers try again with Jerry Brown
- 08/22/2011 Ms. Magazine: United Farm Workers March for Fair Treatment of Farm Workers Act
- 08/22/2011 Sacramento Press: Big Agribusiness is holding our Democracy Hostage
- 08/21/2011 Fresno Bee: UFW plans Capitol march from Madera
- 08/20/2011 Farm workers begin a 167-mile pilgrimage up Central Valley to State Capitol demanding ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’
- 08/19/2011 Fox News: Republicans Decry DHS Deportation Review as ‘Amnesty’
- 08/19/2011 KERO-TV 23: Bill Would Change How Police Impound Cars
- 08/19/2011 The United Farm Workers will honor children of worker families for their academic success and dedication to community service in the first of several scholarship award ceremonies in California and the Pacific Northwest.
- 08/18/2011 New York Times: Fewer Youths to Be Deported in New Policy
- 08/15/2011 Fox News Latino: U.S. Labor Secretary urges ‘Be Cool at Work’
- 08/15/2011 Los Angeles Times: Controversial immigration enforcement program is target of lively protest
- 08/12/2011 KGET 17 (CA): Effects of e-verify worries agriculture industry (includes video)
- 08/11/2011 The Packer: Underage labor violations cited in Washington state
- 08/10/2011 Politico: Arizona hits immigration law deadline
- 08/09/2011 Huffington Post: Bradford Wells And Anthony John Makk, San Francisco Gay Married Couple, Split By Deportation
- 08/09/2011 The Washington Post (Opinion): How Rep. Austin Scott betrayed his Tea Party roots
- 08/05/2011 The News Journal (Opinion): Ruben Navarrette Jr.: The truth about farm workers
- 08/05/2011 Special for the UFW: IN FINAL SACRAMENTO SPEECH, RICHARD CHAVEZ PREDICTED FARM WORKERS WOULD CONTINUE FIGHT FOR BETTER LIVES
- 08/04/2011 FERNANDO CHAVEZ: RICHARD CHAVEZ EULOGY. 8/1/11, 40 ACRES