United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 11/05/2007 Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on her decision not to offer AgJOBS as an amendment to the Farm Bill
- 11/01/2007 Monterey County Herald: Ag jobs may be added to farm bill
- 11/01/2007 Fresno Bee: Farm bill may boost guest workers
- 10/31/2007 Seattle Times: Editorial – Dream deferred, Congress to blame
- 10/30/2007 Ventura County Star: State to decide if methyl iodide OK – Oxnard nursery was the test site for controversial pesticide
- 10/29/2007 The Nation: Unseen Victims of California Fires
- 10/28/2007 MSNBC: Immigration Raids Hurt Farmers
- 10/26/2007 Austin American-Statesman: Strange bedfellows push immigration bill for farm workers
- 10/25/2007 Miami Herald: AgJobs a remarkable compromise
- 10/25/2007 Arizona Daily Star: DREAM Act immigration bill gets shot down in Senate
- 10/24/2007 New York Times, Editorial: Study Finds Farmworkers Unaware of Job Protections
- 10/24/2007 UFW response to today’s failure of the Dream Act bill (S. 2205) to pass the Senate
- 10/24/2007 Boston Globe: Keeping workers on the farm
- 10/24/2007 ABC News: Dangerous Dilemma for Illegal Immigrants – Seeking Safety From Wildfires, Some Undocumented Workers Find Border Patrol Instead
- 10/24/2007 Politico: Immigration laws dry up farming work force
- 10/23/2007 Tucson Sun: Immigration debate could reach farm bill
- 10/23/2007 Congressional Quarterly: Senate Sets Test Vote on Immigrant Education Bill
- 10/19/2007 Los Angeles Times: What’s Monterey County breathing?
- 10/16/2007 Rio Grande Guardian: Congressional Hispanic Caucus shifts ground on AgJOBS and DREAM Act
- 10/15/2007 Tehachapi News: Chavez Center to host Dia de los Muertos cultural celebration
- 10/15/2007 California Governor Vetoes Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act:
- 10/14/2007 New York Times, Editorial: Protecting Farmworkers
- 10/11/2007 The Register Guard: EPA vs. science – Approval of toxic fumigant should be reviewed
- 10/11/2007 Sacramento Bee, Editorial: New danger in the fields – State should keep methyl iodide out
- 10/11/2007 Salinas Californian: Judge halts worker crackdown – Local ag officials, labor find relief in federal decision