United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/04/2011 Latin American Herald Tribune: Activists Call for Pesticide Ban in California
- 08/02/2011 Monterey County Herald (CA): On Stage
- 08/02/2011 23ABC (CA): Secretary Of Labor, Loved Ones Remember Richard Chavez
- 07/31/2011 Arizona Daily Star: Neto’s Tucson — To many, Richard Chavez was ‘little-known giant’
- 07/31/2011 The Bakersfield Californian: Marchers remember farm worker union leader Richard Chavez
- 07/31/2011 ABC30 (CA): Civil rights leader Richard Chavez remembered (includes video)
- 07/28/2011 US Department of Agriculture: Statement from Tom Vilsack
- 07/28/2011 CNN: Farm worker advocate Richard Chavez dies
- 07/28/2011 Associated Press: Richard Chavez, farmworker union head, dies at 81
- 07/28/2011 Los Angeles Times: Richard Chavez dies at 81; brother of Cesar Chavez
- 07/28/2011 The White House: President Obama Statement on the Passing of Richard Estrada Chavez
- 07/28/2011 US Dept of Labor: Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on death of Richard Chavez
- 07/27/2011 El Mensajero: Muere Richard Chávez, hermano de César Chávez
- 07/27/2011 Richard Chavez, 81, Cesar’s younger brother, helped build the UFW from its earliest days
- 07/27/2011 Bakersfield Californian: Richard Chavez, leader in farmworker movement, dies
- 07/27/2011 The Durham News: Shameful harvest
- 07/26/2011 The Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Governor Brown should rescind methyl iodide
- 07/25/2011 Union President Vows Fight for Additional Legislation To Help Students
- 07/25/2011 UFW responds to news that Jerry Brown will sign Dream Act bill
- 07/25/2011 High Country News: The fight over a much-needed pesticide: methyl iodide
- 07/24/2011 Hispanically Speaking News: California Latinos Allege “Environmental Racism” and File Suit Against EPA
- 07/23/2011 The Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: State’s water quality, fisheries in jeopardy with proposed bill
- 07/23/2011 San Francisco Chronicle, AP: State investigates 6 possible heat-related deaths
- 07/22/2011 Fox News Latino: California Latinos Sue EPA to Force Action on Toxic Dumps
- 07/21/2011 California Independent Voter Network: Unintended consequences — Fewer undocumented workers could mean fewer farm workers in California