United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 03/23/2009 UFW Kicks Off Cesar Chavez’s Celebrations with Marches throughout Central Coast; Launches Immigration Reform Campaign
- 03/22/2009 Daily Camera: Lafayette starts 6-week Cesar Chavez celebration
- 03/18/2009 Salinas Californian: UFW plans immigration rallies
- 03/14/2009 New York Times: Labor Secretary Proposes Suspending Farm Rules
- 03/14/2009 AZ Star News: Obama suspends change made to farmworker rule
- 03/13/2009 U.S. Labor Department Proposes 9-month Suspension to Bush’s Midnight Guest Worker Ruling
- 03/13/2009 United Farm Workers Statement on Gov. Schwarzenegger’s State Heat Illness Prevention Campaign
- 03/13/2009 Los Angeles Times: Solis sworn in as Labor secretary
- 03/11/2009 New York Times: Arizona – Inquiry Into County Sheriff’s Office
- 03/11/2009 Judiciary Chairman Conyers Announces Investigative Hearings of Sheriff Joe Arpaio; National and Local Leaders Deliver Petitions to Justice Department
- 03/05/2009 KERO: Farm Workers Receive Settlement From Former Employer
- 03/04/2009 California Majority Report – UFW: Tell State Senate to Say No to Sharon Runner Appointment to ALRB
- 03/04/2009 UFW Helps Lamont Farm Workers to Finially Receive $50,000 Settlement Money
- 02/27/2009 Associated Press: Farmworker union opposes Schwarzenegger appointee
- 02/27/2009 UFW blasts governor’s appointment of ex-lawmaker who opposed farm worker heat protections; union calls on Senate to quickly take up and reject Runner nomination
- 02/27/2009 Associated Press: UFW: Salinas-based Tanimura & Antle wrongly fired 8 farmworkers
- 02/27/2009 Proposed changes to Cal-OSHA Undermine Current Heat Regulations
- 02/24/2009 Secretary of Labor Solis Embodies The Change America Voted For
- 02/20/2009 Mas: UFW president reflects on historical inauguration
- 02/12/2009 Statement issued by UFW President Arturo Rodriguez after Senate committee’s approval of Rep. Hilda Solis as President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Labor.
- 02/10/2009 Los Angeles Times: Farms see big crop of workers
- 02/10/2009 Monterey County Farm Labor Firm Seeks Foreign Workers; Fails to Hire Domestic Workers
- 02/06/2009 United Farm Workers Outraged By Racist Comments
- 02/05/2009 KMPF: Controversial Comment about Farm Workers Outrages Community
- 01/30/2009 UFW President Applauds Creation Of White House Task Force Focused On Middle Class Working Families