United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 11/23/2006 New California Media: Immigration Reform Gains Momentum
- 11/23/2006 St. Helena Star: Krug workers turn in boycott petitions
- 11/22/2006 Napa Valley Register: Ex-Krug workers deliver latest salvo in labor dispute — in
- 11/21/2006 Ch. 50 Santa Rosa: Television Coverage: On eve of Thanksgiving, Krug-Mondavi workers turn in more than 17,000 signatures of consumers pledging to support boycott
- 11/21/2006 On eve of Thanksgiving, Krug-Mondavi workers turn in more than 17,000 signatures of consumers pledging to support boycott
- 11/21/2006 Bakersfield Californian: ‘Bobby’ premieres at Fox – Emilio Estevez speaks on his new film and connection to the UFW
- 11/20/2006 Time Magazine: Places For Progress
- 11/18/2006 Axcess News: Farm Workers Group Balks at Rate EPA is to Phase Out AZM, a Deadly Pesticide
- 11/02/2006 Monterey Herald: D’Arrigo Bros. settles UFW travel suit
- 11/02/2006 San Francisco Chronicle: Grower, workers settle suit
- 11/01/2006 Farm workers settle lawsuit for $3.5 million; UFW president and elected officials urge D’Arrigo to also resolve sex and bad-faith bargaining actions
- 11/01/2006 Associated Press: State lifts pesticide exposure order for grape harvesters
- 10/30/2006 Stealth Closure of Principal EPA Chemical Library: Unannounced Move Hampers Agency Scientists’ Review of New Chemicals
- 10/28/2006 Ventura County Star: Community celebrates rededication of school
- 10/27/2006 Catholic News Service: Advocates demand better pay, conditions for U.S. farmworkers
- 10/25/2006 Hispanic Business: 100 Influentials List 2006 (Other Vistas: UFW Pres. Arturo Rodriguez)
- 10/13/2006 Associated Press: Democrats Challenge EPA Pesticide Rule
- 10/12/2006 Toronto Star: Breast cancer cases soar in farm workers
- 10/11/2006 San Francisco Chronicle: Farmworkers’ Plight No fruits for their labor
- 10/10/2006 The New Standard: Cali. Gov. vetoes farm-worker protection bill
- 10/07/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Settlement made in death
- 10/06/2006 Associated Press: Farmworker’s family gets $180k from insurance in heat death case
- 10/06/2006 KGET (video): Halting Heat Deaths
- 10/06/2006 Capital Press: Vote issue snags unionizing effort
- 10/06/2006 Settlement announced for Kern County farm worker whose death inspired Gov. Schwarzenegger to issue heat reg.