United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 07/02/2009 Salinas Californian: State rejects request to audit farmworker labor board
- 07/01/2009 U.S. Congressman Sam Farr joins UFW farm workers and community members in Salinas during an immigration forum
- 06/30/2009 Statement of Farm Worker Groups on Federal Court Decision Regarding Bush Guest Worker Program
- 06/29/2009 Visalia Times-Delta: Agricultural Labor Relations Board may be under investigation
- 06/29/2009 KCRA: Farm Advocates: Vines Don’t Count As Shade
- 06/25/2009 UFW to White House and Congress: ‘Recognize right as well as reality’-Enact comprehensive immigration reform this year!
- 06/23/2009 Los Angeles Times: In the Coachella Valley, hope withers on the vine
- 06/19/2009 Capitol Press: California official directed to rework heat safety rules
- 06/19/2009 Capitol Press: California official directed to rework heat safety rules
- 06/19/2009 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA board delays heat-stress rule changes
- 06/19/2009 ABC 7: Stricter laws to protect farm workers? (includes video 2:18)
- 06/19/2009 Modesto Bee: Worker heat reform falters
- 06/18/2009 EHS Today: Cal/OSHA Compliance Officers Say OSHAB’s “Unfair Policies” Impact Their Ability to Protect CA Workers
- 06/18/2009 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA workers protest appeals system
- 06/18/2009 Legal Groups Say “Exceptions and Loopholes” make State Proposal to Protect Farm Workers from Heat Totally Inadequate
- 06/18/2009 SignonSanDiego (AP): California board orders revisions to heat rules
- 06/18/2009 Legal Groups Say State Proposal to Protect Farmworkers from Summer Heat Is “Totally Inadequate”
- 06/18/2009 Examiner.com (Pacifica Radio): Emergency response to overheating farmers
- 06/18/2009 KGO TV: Cal OSHA considers new heat laws (includes video 2:12)
- 06/18/2009 Desert Sun: More demanded from state to stop heat-related deaths
- 06/13/2009 Salinas Californian: Sacramento upgrades heat guidelines for labor companies
- 06/08/2009 Huffington Post: Exclusive Video: Martin Sheen Speaks Out for Farm Workers (1:01)
- 06/05/2009 Los Angeles Times: Jack Henning dies at 93; California labor leader
- 06/04/2009 ‘No one loved and respected Cesar Chavez more’ over the four decades Jack Henning rallied support for the farm workers’ cause
- 06/02/2009 Kero 23: UFW Prepared To Press Charges