United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 05/30/2008 Four-day Lodi to State Capitol Farm Worker Peregrinacion in Honor of Teen and Other Workers Who Have Died From Heat
- 05/30/2008 Sacramento Bee: Employer of farmworker who died had been fined for violations in 2006
- 05/29/2008 La Opinion: Lamentan muerte de campesina por insolación
- 05/29/2008 Stockton Record: Grief and anger – Boyfriend says farm laborer, just 17, died amid illegal work conditions
- 05/29/2008 Sacramento Bee: Teen farmworker’s death, probed as heat-related, stirs outcry
- 05/29/2008 Associated Press: County officials begin criminal probe into farmworker death
- 05/28/2008 Associated Press: Mexico blames California employer for death of vineyard worker
- 05/28/2008 OMB Watch: USDA Dropping Shroud over Pesticide Use Data
- 05/28/2008 Stockton Record: Outdoor workers risk, sometimes lose their lives when temperature soars
- 05/28/2008 News10.net: Farmworker’s Service Attended by Governor
- 05/28/2008 KQED: Story on Maria Isobel Jimenez’ death
- 05/28/2008 Memorial Service for 17-Year-Old Farm Worker; First Heat-Related Death This Year
- 05/28/2008 Remarks by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez at Funeral Services for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, a 17-Year Old Farm Worker Who Died Due to the Heat
- 05/27/2008 News10.net: Contractor Investigated in Farmworker’s Death was Cited in Past
- 05/26/2008 San Bernadino Sun: Chavez gets federal honor – Law orders U.S. to look for sites to be landmarks
- 05/24/2008 Sacramento Bee: USDA to end surveys of farm pesticide usage
- 05/23/2008 Grist: USDA: What pesticide use?
- 05/23/2008 Stockton Record: Teen worker’s death probed
- 05/21/2008 Vida en el Valle: New measure could help maintain ag jobs
- 05/21/2008 Monterey County Herald: Guest worker plan up before Senate
- 05/21/2008 Orlando Sentinel: Senate ready to consider farm guest-worker plan
- 05/20/2008 Los Angeles Times: Female farmworkers at risk
- 05/20/2008 Farm workers praying for Senator Kennedy’s recovery
- 05/17/2008 Ventura County Star: Farmworkers say proposed bill offers them hope
- 05/17/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Substandard housing persists for many farmworkers