United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 06/28/2007 U.S. Senate Votes ‘No’ on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, UFW urges AgJOBS moves forward
- 06/28/2007 NBC: Southland Activists React To Failed Immigration Bill
- 06/28/2007 New York Times: Immigration Bill Fails to Survive Senate Vote
- 06/28/2007 Hispanic Business: Hispanic Leaders Say Congress Must Act Now
- 06/27/2007 San Francisco Chronicle: Boxer’s vote switch helps revive immigration bill
- 06/26/2007 Immigration Reform Bill will Advance, U.S. Senate Votes to Resurrect Bill: Farm workers gather to inform communities of bold U.S. Senate vote, urge Action around Final Passage
- 06/25/2007 Palm Beach Post: Diverse group of advocates shapes national reform
- 06/23/2007 Fresno Bee: Immigration debate includes political theater – Tactics reveal the human face behind intricacies of the policy
- 06/22/2007 The Republican: Kennedy makes push for immigration bill
- 06/22/2007 Ventura County Star: Moraga: Getting the plastic (fruit) – Gift baskets show need for immigration reform
- 06/21/2007 Farm Workers Join Senators Kennedy and Feinstein to Show Broad Support for AgJobs Immigration Reform
- 06/19/2007 Sacramento Bee: Farmworker visas touted – UFW, immigrant activists say foreigners can help safeguard food, provide other important services.
- 06/17/2007 Napa Valley Register: Hess loses labor fight
- 06/15/2007 Visalia Times Delta: UFW bill clears state Assembly review
- 06/15/2007 Napa Valley Register: Labor board rules against Krug winery–Winery to face charges in firing of 27 workers in 2006
- 06/14/2007 Statement by Arturo Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers Before California Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment regarding SB 180: “The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act”
- 06/14/2007 Salinas Californian: UFW vote bill clears hurdle
- 06/13/2007 Napa Valley Register: Krug v. UFW decision due Thursday
- 06/08/2007 Sacramento Bee: Employers angry as talks fail
- 06/08/2007 UFW Blasts President Bush, Republican Leadership for Failure to Address Broken Immigration System
- 06/07/2007 New York Times: Immigration Bill Fails to Win Crucial Vote in Senate
- 06/06/2007 Monterey Herald: LUPE receives OK to stay at Firehouse
- 06/06/2007 AC: Study Finds Strong Link Between Pesticides and Brain Cancer
- 06/06/2007 Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA): Testing Pesticides in Humans – Of Mice and Men Divided by Ten
- 06/01/2007 The Village News: California freeze aid approaches $23 million