United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 10/10/2007 Washington Post: Judge Bars Bush Crackdown on Illegal Workers
- 10/10/2007 Monterey County Herald: Methyl iodide may not play
- 10/10/2007 Los Angeles Times: U.S. sues over squalor at desert trailer park
- 10/09/2007 Press Enterprise: Second federal suit seeks to close Duroville trailer park
- 10/08/2007 New York Times: Breaking Point in Immigration Debate
- 10/08/2007 La Opinion: Se cierne disputa por el agua en California
- 10/08/2007 KERO TV: Immigration Raids Lead To Farm Labor Shortage
- 10/08/2007 Washington Post: Smog Traps Calif. Community
- 10/07/2007 Ventura County Star: Pesticide’s use in county now up to state officials
- 10/07/2007 ABC World News Tonight: After Immigration Crackdown, Farms Lack Workers
- 10/07/2007 Associated Press: EPA approves 1-year use of farm pesticide despite scientists’ concerns
- 10/07/2007 Los Angeles Times: U.S. lets in more immigrants for farms
- 10/06/2007 Los Angeles Times: EPA approves new pesticide despite scientists’ concerns
- 10/05/2007 Los Angeles Times: U.S. inspectors find numerous health violations at desert trailer parks
- 10/05/2007 La Opinion: Cabildean en Washington en apoyo a medida AgJOBS
- 10/01/2007 Letter from 54 scientists, including six Nobel Prize winners, to EPA objecting to possible use of methyl iodidea toxic chemical for agricultural use.
- 10/01/2007 Daytona Beach News Journal: Farmworker group to lobby Congress to back AgJOBS act
- 09/29/2007 Associated Press: Workers from Boardman farm get settlement in overtime case
- 09/28/2007 Reno Gazette Journal: Ag chemical incident sends nearly 120 to hospital
- 09/28/2007 Oregon Public Broadcasting: Farm Workers Win Overtime Wages Suit Against Three Mile Canyon (audio)
- 09/28/2007 Associated Press: U.S. Delays Approval of Farm Pesticide
- 09/28/2007 Reno Gazette Journal: Chemical fumes overcome 130
- 09/27/2007 Court rules in favor of farm workers class action, RDO-Bos Farms violated federal and state wage and hour laws
- 09/27/2007 UFW Response to DREAM Act being temporarily pulled
- 09/26/2007 Associated Press: EPA Likely to Approve Toxic Fumigant