United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 10/04/2006 Los Angeles Times: Bill Requiring Pay-Stub Info Is Vetoed
- 10/04/2006 Washington Post: Border Security, Job Market Leave Farms Short of Workers
- 10/03/2006 Stanford Daily: Winery layoffs protested
- 10/02/2006 PR Newswire: Remarks by the First Lady at Garden Ceremony to Unveil the Laura Bush Rose
- 09/30/2006 Capital Press: Lawsuit filed against Threemile farm in firing
- 09/29/2006 East Oregonian: UFW says it’s ready for card check election at Threemile Canyon Farms
- 09/29/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Bill would impose penalties for false farmworker lists
- 09/27/2006 Associated Press: Border crackdown, high wages elsewhere means farm-worker shortage
- 09/22/2006 Sacramento Bee: Spray sickens farm crew – Potent pesticide sends dozens to hospital
- 09/22/2006 New York Times: Pickers Are Few, and Growers Blame Congress
- 09/22/2006 Mas: Panel Explores pesticide drift problems
- 09/20/2006 Yuba Net.com: Scientists: EPA Must Halt Use of Organophosphates
- 09/18/2006 Associated Press: Contamination a farm-to-store threat
- 09/16/2006 Portland Oregonian: Fired farmworker sues, points to union drive
- 09/16/2006 East Oregonian: Union begins registration at Threemile
- 09/14/2006 PCH Press.com: Santa Monica Woman Volunteers Among Farm Workers
- 09/12/2006 Ventura County Star: Pesticide poisoning needs to be reported
- 09/12/2006 Bakersfield Californian: UFW volunteers camped out to talk about labor issues
- 09/11/2006 UFW unveils Camp Justice, targeting farm workers’ poor pay and conditions
- 09/05/2006 Modesto Bee: Ag workers’ future, pay linked to mechanization
- 09/03/2006 Los Angeles Times: Farm Labor Bill Spreads Seeds of Dissent
- 09/02/2006 South Korean immigrant gets more than $10,000 from UFW fund
- 09/01/2006 Two retired farm workers get more than $36,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 09/01/2006 Assorted News Coverage on Aug. 31 pesticide drift affecting Giumarra Vineyard workers
- 09/01/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide sickens area field workers