United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 09/04/2009 Why Farm Workers Have No Reason To Celebrate Labor Day?
- 09/03/2009 Labor Department Proposed Roll Back to Bush-era Regulations First Step to Addressing Nation’s Agriculture Labor Supply Issues
- 09/02/2009 Gov. Schwarzenegger’s veto of SB 789 shows disconnection with farm workers’ reality
- 09/02/2009 Sacramento Bee: Schwarzenegger vetoes farmworker bill
- 08/28/2009 UFW President to Attend Kennedy’s Funeral in Boston
- 08/28/2009 Democracy Now (video 14:10): Immigrants’ Champion: Juan Gonzalez on Ted Kennedy’s Support for Cesar Chavez and Migrant Workers
- 08/28/2009 The Tidings: Advocates hope immigration reform will be reality by late 2010
- 08/28/2009 The Daily News: Immigrants’ champion: Ted Kennedy spoke out for migrant workers across country
- 08/28/2009 Los Angeles Times: Another farmworker election bill sent to Schwarzenegger
- 08/28/2009 Mid Columbia Tri City Herald: Groups support fired Pasco dairy workers
- 08/27/2009 Vilsack says he’ll support partnership between farm workers and growers
- 08/27/2009 The Huntsville Item: Messing with textbooks in Texas
- 08/26/2009 ABC30: Kennedy Forged Close Ties in the Valley (includes video 2:59)
- 08/26/2009 KRGV: Valley UFW Remembers Senator Kennedy
- 08/26/2009 McClatchy News Service: Kennedy, his legislation had a major impact on California
- 08/26/2009 Los Angeles Times: Kennedy ‘really understood’ California politically
- 08/25/2009 United Farm Workers of America: Why we loved Sen. Ted Kennedy
- 08/24/2009 Sacramento Bee: My View: Late mayor would be proud of Serna Village progress, people
- 08/21/2009 High Country News – The dark side of dairies: A broken system leaves immigrant workers invisible — and in danger
- 08/21/2009 Politico: Obama addresses immigration reform
- 08/20/2009 United Farm Workers Statement on Today’s White House Meeting on Immigration Reform
- 08/19/2009 Ventura County Star: Regulators vow thorough tests of proposed fumigant
- 08/16/2009 Los Angeles Times: A drifting danger for Central Valley schoolchildren
- 08/13/2009 Capital Press: Union organizing effort puts dairies on alert
- 08/13/2009 Tri City Herald: Former employees sue Pasco dairy