United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 12/17/2010 UFW Urges the Senate to Vote for DREAM Act
- 12/16/2010 The Economist: They came to America illegally, for the best of reasons
- 12/16/2010 Tostitos, Chavez foundation set up $500,000 scholarship fund for Arizona Latino students
- 12/15/2010 The Hill: Reid says Senate will stay in session through weekend
- 12/15/2010 Doctor.NDTV: Working with pesticides affects memory
- 12/15/2010 Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA): United Farm Workers lobby for Dream Act
- 12/14/2010 Kion 46 (CA): Local Students Call Senators in Support of DREAM Act (includes video)
- 12/14/2010 Salinas Californian: UFW, Salinas students push for DREAM Act
- 12/14/2010 CBS47-TV, Fresno (CA): Fatal Accident on Interstate 5 (includes video)
- 12/13/2010 UFW and DREAM students make calls to legislators in anticipation of DREAM Act vote in Senate
- 12/10/2010 Congresswoman Judy Chu, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, AFL-CIO, Labor, Immigrant Rights and Student Groups Join to Urge Senate Passage of DREAM Act
- 12/09/2010 New York Times: Senate Democrats Put Dream Act on Hold
- 12/08/2010 Hispanically Speaking News: DREAM VOTE UPDATE: DREAM Act’s Hope May Lie With AgJobs Bill
- 12/08/2010 Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Congress to take up immigration overhaul
- 12/08/2010 UFW hails House passage of DREAM Act
- 12/07/2010 Politico: Democrats explore pairing immigration bills – Jonathan Allen and Scott Wong
- 12/06/2010 Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints — Pesticide’s replacement equally perilous
- 12/05/2010 Religion Dispatches: Misusing Cesar Chavez in Immigration Debate
- 12/04/2010 Sacramento Bee: Editorial — Inexplicably, state approves new pesticide
- 12/03/2010 Ventura County Star (CA): Former UCSB student speaks out in support of DREAM Act
- 12/03/2010 La Opinion Editorial: A new majority?
- 12/03/2010 Mercury News (CA): Opinion — Community gardens are a serious answer to food supplies, health
- 12/03/2010 Farm workers are still society’s canaries
- 12/02/2010 The Hill: Rep. Gutierrez — House will take up DREAM Act legislation next week
- 12/02/2010 Monterey Herald (CA): Methyl iodide pesticide gets state approval despite links to cancer