United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/09/2007 Today’s THV: California Farm Town Is Nation’s Smoggiest
- 08/07/2007 Fresno Bee: EPA visit to Fresno sparks protests
- 08/07/2007 KPCC: Stage Musical Explores Legacy of Cesar Chavez
- 08/04/2007 Los Angeles Times: Rules on illegal workers stir fears
- 08/04/2007 KGET: UFW Union demands human rights be given to farm workers
- 08/03/2007 Sacramento Bee: Pesticide applicator fined $9,000 for spraying accident
- 08/03/2007 New York Times: In Increments, Senate Revisits Immigration Bill
- 08/03/2007 UFW CALLS FOR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TO STOP VIOLATING FARM WORKERS’ RIGHTS
- 08/03/2007 KKEY Telemundo Ch. 11: Peligros que enfrentan los trabajadores del campo
- 08/02/2007 Playbill: Ed Begley Jr.’s Cesar and Ruben Begins California Run Aug. 3
- 08/01/2007 Fresno Bee: Lawsuit expected to challenge pesticide use – Court action will seek to end use of a substance critics say caused farmworker illness.
- 08/01/2007 Seattle Times: EPA faces suit over farm use of once-banned insecticide
- 08/01/2007 89.3 KPCC: Farm Workers, Unions Sue EPA to Ban Pesticide
- 07/31/2007 Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Deadly Pesticide
- 07/31/2007 Associated Press: Farm workers sue EPA to ban pesticide they claim sickens them
- 07/30/2007 Los Angeles Times: Pesticide link to autism suspected – A state study suggests two farm sprays may raise chances of having a child with the disorder
- 07/30/2007 Monterey Herald: Act would simplify farm union registration
- 07/26/2007 Fresno Bee: Claim pesticides sickened Tulare Co. workers probed
- 07/25/2007 UFW Foundation Works to Raise Awareness Among Farm Workers of Heat Regulations: UFW to Distribute Water Bottles, Knowledge to Farm Workers Laboring in the Sun
- 07/25/2007 Theatremania: Ed Begley, Jr. to Reprise Cesar & Ruben
- 07/25/2007 KKEY Telemundo: Despedidos injustamente
- 07/24/2007 Workers Fight Out Against Potential Age Discrimination TODAY: WORKERS TO RALLY AGAINST BOLTHOUSE FIRINGS
- 07/23/2007 kGET: Farm workers sprayed with pesticide
- 07/23/2007 Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide exposure spurs hospital visits for 28 farmworkers
- 07/21/2007 Bakersfield Californian: 11 treated for pesticide spray