United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/28/2007 Associated Press: Bill seeks to change how unions can organize farm workers
- 08/27/2007 Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide drifts drop, but activists still skeptical
- 08/25/2007 Modesto Bee: Farmers finding enough workers
- 08/17/2007 Los Angeles Times: ‘Cesar & Ruben’ is a moving tribute to social strife
- 08/16/2007 Associated Press: Workers at rose firm to get major severance package
- 08/16/2007 Wasco’s former Jackson & Perkins offers largest severance agreement in AG history; UFW CONTRACT RESULTS IN $1.6 MILLION SEVERANCE PACKAGE FOR FARM WORKERS AFTER COMPANY SELLS
- 08/14/2007 Forbes: Migrant Workers Struggle to Find Housing
- 08/14/2007 Monterey Herald: AgJobs bill important for economy
- 08/14/2007 U.S. News & World Report: Immigration Agents Put Heat on Employers – But with crackdown, some worry where new workers will come from
- 08/13/2007 Chicago Tribune: Tighter hiring rules decried
- 08/12/2007 New York Times: Seeking Relief Where the Air Is Deemed the Dirtiest
- 08/12/2007 La Jornada: Anuncia Washington nuevas medidas para “controlar” la inmigración indocumentada
- 08/12/2007 Arizona Republic: U.S. unveils illegal-hire rules
- 08/11/2007 Bradenton Herald: Farmworkers tell EPA about chemicals
- 08/11/2007 Fresno Bee: Farmers object to feds’ hiring crackdown
- 08/10/2007 KBAK Ch 29: Ten workers exposed to pesticide
- 08/10/2007 KERO TV: Worst Air In Nation 20 Miles From Bakersfield – EPA Claims Arvin, Calif., Has Nation’s Worst Air
- 08/10/2007 Bakersfield Californian: Workers treated after exposure to chemicals
- 08/10/2007 UFW, GROWERS AGREE: WE NEED REAL REFORM, NOT BAND-AIDS. PASS AGJOBS TO SECURE AMERICA’S FOOD SUPPLY
- 08/10/2007 Fresno Bee: Calif. farm town is nation’s smoggiest
- 08/09/2007 Associated Press: Calif. Farm Town Is Nation’s Smoggiest
- 08/09/2007 Salinas Californian: Ruling OKs pesticides application
- 08/09/2007 Fresno Bee: Public loses when it’s locked out of meetings
- 08/09/2007 Bakersfield Californian: UFW, Kern farmers on edge
- 08/09/2007 KERO: Eleven Sickened From Pesticide Cloud