United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 06/02/2009 ABC 30: Immigration Reform (includes video 2:25)
- 06/02/2009 Salinas Californian: Salinas Valley immigration coalition rallies
- 06/01/2009 Monterey County Herald: Farmworker struggle dissected – Memories of lettuce boycott show business/labor divide lingers
- 06/01/2009 Salinas Californian: UFW group joins immigration effort
- 06/01/2009 Salinas Californian: UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta shares stories of union struggles in Salinas
- 06/01/2009 UFW Foundation, community leaders join national immigration reform effort – Groups throughout the nation to hold events on June 1st
- 05/30/2009 Portland Oregonian: Chavez would take high road on Portland street renaming
- 05/29/2009 Salinas Californian: ‘People who made history’: Salinas Stories will debate actions of the United Farm Workers
- 05/29/2009 New York Times: Rule Change for Workers on Farms
- 05/29/2009 Labor Secretary Solis Reverses Bush’s Attack on Farm Worker Labor Laws – Groups applaud the suspension of a policy that slashes wages, worker protections
- 05/27/2009 Kero 23: Dozens Of Field Pickers Protest Working Conditions
- 05/21/2009 Vida en el Valle: Feinstein presents AgJOBS
- 05/18/2009 McClatchy News Service: Commentary – U.S. must reform immigration
- 05/16/2009 New York Times, Editorial: Farms and Immigrants
- 05/16/2009 Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Turn up the heat on safety in the fields
- 05/15/2009 San Luis Obispo Tribune: Feinstein again introduces agricultural guest-worker bill
- 05/15/2009 Minneapolis City Pages: New Yorker reveals true colors behind Two Buck Chuck
- 05/15/2009 Contra Costa Times: New day, new push to legalize farmworkers
- 05/14/2009 Alternet: The Ugly Truth Behind Organic Food
- 05/13/2009 UFW, Community Hold Vigil to Remember Fallen Teen Farm Worker
- 05/13/2009 UFW President announces roll out of farm worker immigration legislation
- 05/13/2009 La Voz de Kern: LEGISLATORS TO TAKE ANOTHER SHOT AT LEGALIZING UNDOCUMENTED FARM WORKERS
- 05/06/2009 The Salinas Californian: Coalition moving forward in goal for immigration reforms
- 05/05/2009 La Voz de Kern: UFW LEADER RODRIGUEZ CELEBRATES CINCO DE MAYO WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
- 05/05/2009 UFW President To Receive National Award from Embassy of Mexico