United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 01/26/2009 New York Times, Editorial: Undoing the Damage Done
- 01/21/2009 BNet – Bush Administration ‘Midnight Regulations’ Impacting Food
- 01/21/2009 The Packer – H-2A rules go into effect, but uncertainty remains
- 01/21/2009 Monterey County Herald: Hope for immigration reform
- 01/21/2009 Bush’s midnight guest worker ruling still in effect
- 01/20/2009 Brownsville Herald: Local leaders reflect on presidential inauguration
- 01/19/2009 Three farm workers from California’s Central Coast at Washington D.C. to witness President-elect Barack Obama take his presidential oath of office.
- 01/19/2009 STATEMENT BY UFW AND PCUN ON U.S. DISTRICT COURT DECISION TO DENY TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION CHANGES TO H-2A GUESTWORKER VISA PROGRAM
- 01/14/2009 Associated Press: Farmworker advocates sue over guest worker rules
- 01/14/2009 Court House News Service: Bush’s Latest End Run Around Law Targets Farmworkers, UFW Claims
- 01/14/2009 Lawsuit Filed to Overturn Bush Administration Changes to H-2A Guestworker Visa Program
- 01/05/2009 Merced Sun Star: Le Grand woman helped United Farm Workers
- 12/31/2008 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA to review handling of heat cases
- 12/23/2008 Daily Kos: Bush as Scrooge with Farmworkers. Si Se Puede, Yes WE Can Stop Him.
- 12/20/2008 Modesto Bee: Nominated labor secretary a friend of farmworkers
- 12/19/2008 UFW applauds Obama’s pick for Secretary of Labor
- 12/18/2008 The Farm Worker Movement Mourns the Passing of Good Friend and Activist Shelley Davis
- 12/16/2008 Los Angeles Times: Bush rewrites the rules – Last-minute changes being pushed through by the administration, such as altering H-2A visa rules, are creating disasters that Barack Obama will have to reverse beginning Jan. 20.
- 12/15/2008 Miami Herald: Rule changes target vulnerable workers
- 12/15/2008 New York Times: A Cheap Shot at Workers
- 12/11/2008 Sacramento Bee: Bush administration makes last-minute changes in farmworker hiring
- 12/10/2008 Rolling Stone: Bush’s Final F.U. – The administration is rushing to enact a host of last-minute regulations that will screw America for years to come
- 12/10/2008 UFW: LAST DITCH BID BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION WILL LOWER FARM WORKER WAGES AND HELP GROWERS REPLACE DOMESTIC WORKERS WITH FOREIGN LABORERS
- 12/10/2008 Associated Press: Administration changes afoot to farm worker hiring
- 12/10/2008 McClatchy News Service: Bush considering easing rules on foreign farm workers