United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 07/27/2022 Los Angeles Times: Column: Farmworkers join California Labor Federation as Lorena Gonzalez takes over
- 07/21/2022 CBS News: Department of Labor program aims to protect farm workers from dangerous heat in Texas
- 07/20/2022 23ABC News Bakersfield: Push to improve migrant worker living conditions
- 07/19/2022 CNN: More than 100 million in the US face excessive warning or heat advisories as a dangerous heat wave continues
- 07/19/2022 Grist: Climate change at work
- 07/13/2022 Tehachapi News: Visitor Guide: Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
- 07/12/2022 Bloomberg Government: Immigrant Farmworker Bill Gets Boost From House Republicans
- 07/07/2022 CalMatters: Study says California employers fail to keep food, farm workers safe from COVID
- 07/06/2022 Channel 3 News: Congressman Ruiz builds support for legislation inspired by César Chávez, farmworker advocacy
- 07/02/2022 Tehachapi News: Bill would create national historical park to honor Chavez, farmworker movement
- 06/30/2022 KQED: Blacklisted for Speaking Up: How California Farmworkers Fighting Abuses Are Vulnerable to Retaliation
- 06/29/2022 Fox 11/41: United Farm Workers Union Aiding WA Farm Workers Who Are Still Working In Triple-Digit Heat
- 06/29/2022 The Fern: As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?
- 06/29/2022 Daily Kos: ‘Wrong then and it is wrong now’: Farmworker advocates applaud bill reversing overtime exclusion
- 06/24/2022 UFW Statement of Roe vs. Wade
- 06/24/2022 Yakima Herald-Republic: ‘Sí se puede:’ Sunnyside workers protest wages, conditions at mushroom plant
- 06/24/2022 AG Daily: Padilla introducing Senate bill to extend OT pay to agriculture
- 06/23/2022 Rafu Shimpo: Senator Spends a Day on Muranaka Farm
- 06/23/2022 Daily Kos: ‘Put the food on our table every day’: Labor icon Dolores Huerta urges passage of farmworker bill
- 06/23/2022 Bill Granting Overtime for Farm Workers Introduced in the Senate
- 06/21/2022 Daily Kos: Cory Booker becomes the second senator to join farmworkers as part of ‘Take Our Jobs’ challenge
- 06/17/2022 Cory Booker becomes second U.S. senator to work alongside farm workers as part of the ‘Take Our Jobs’ campaign
- 06/07/2022 NBC Right Now: Labor and Industries creates rules to protect outdoor workers through hot and smokey conditions
- 06/06/2022 Washington State Issues Emergency Heat Standards
- 06/03/2022 Los Angeles Daily News: Photos: Sen. Padilla takes to the fields in Moorpark to pick parsley, promote immigration reform