United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 04/26/2011 Californian: Central Coast growers, workers concerned about expanded status checks
- 04/26/2011 LOS ANGELES ACTIVISTS JOIN INTERNATIONAL CALL TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF U.S.TOBACCO FARM WORKERS
- 04/26/2011 OnEarth magazine: Kicking the Chemical Habit
- 04/26/2011 San Jose Mercury News (CA): California farmers concerned about federal employment verification program
- 04/25/2011 New York Daily News: Triangle Shirtwaist fire is a memory, but struggles remain: 80,000 NY farmworkers have no protection
- 04/25/2011 Yuma Sun (AZ): Cesar Chavez provided a voice for Hispanic farm workers
- 04/25/2011 Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA): Growers, workers concerned about expanded status checks: Electronic verification unworkable without reforms, groups say
- 04/25/2011 Los Angeles Times: Noncriminals swept up in federal deportation program
- 04/24/2011 Miller-McCune: More evidence linking pesticides and malformations.
- 04/22/2011 Restoring Truthiness: UFW’s Cesar Chavez Facebook App Commemorates His Life on the Anniversary of His Death (includes 3 videos)
- 04/21/2011 Food Consumer: Prenatal pesticide exposure tied to lower IQ in children (PR)
- 04/21/2011 MedPage Today: Studies Link Pesticide Exposure to Kids’ IQ
- 04/20/2011 Minneapolis Star Tribune: Experts say employer intimidation is fierce, but not the only hurdle to organizing farmworkers
- 04/19/2011 Salinas Californian: Ag leaders sound off on jobs, rules
- 04/19/2011 The Hill: Obama revives immigration reform (includes video)
- 04/17/2011 Modesto Bee (CA): Guest-worker program not working, panel told
- 04/15/2011 Merced Sun-Star (CA): Merced contractors in pregnant farmworker’s death among California’s top tax debtors
- 04/15/2011 San Francisco Chronicle: California county rescinds pesticide’s first permit
- 04/15/2011 CNN: Opinion — Danger zone for GOP candidates — immigration
- 04/14/2011 Change.org: Progress! California Legislature Asks EPA to Re-Evaluate Methyl Iodide
- 04/14/2011 Ventura County Star (CA): Methyl iodide approved for use in Ventura County
- 04/14/2011 New York Times: Despite Setbacks, Arizona Sheriff Won’t Yield the Spotlight
- 04/13/2011 Washington Post, AP: County officials — Sheriff’s office, known for crime and immigration sweeps, misspent $99M
- 04/13/2011 UFW: U.S. can’t afford replacing domestic workers with foreign laborers through expansion of the H2A program
- 04/13/2011 Summary of Testimony: Bruce Goldstein, President, Farmworker Justice, before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement April 13, 2011