United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/31/2006 KBAK (video): Field Workers Sprayed with Pesticide-43 Giumarra Employees were sprayed with a low level pesticide commonly used on grapes.
- 08/31/2006 Napa Valley Register: Local Democrats group enter Krug labor dispute
- 08/25/2006 Los Angeles Times: UFW May Get Second Chance at Vineyard Labor Vote
- 08/25/2006 Monterey Herald: Workers Push Denham on Minimum Wage Bill
- 08/23/2006 Vida En El Valle: State Senate begins hearings on worker rights
- 08/23/2006 The Desert Sun: Bill would help farm workers know who’s paying them
- 08/18/2006 Fresno Bee: Workers ill after chemical exposure – About 50 farm laborers are exposed to sulfuric acid south of Mendota
- 08/17/2006 Bakersfield Californian: UFW president: Growers exploit immigration status
- 08/15/2006 Rio Grande Guardian: Newly naturalized U.S. citizens win praise at LUPE graduation ceremony
- 08/15/2006 Joint committee hearing 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Capitol: How did support for UFW at largest U.S. table grape company go from 74.5% to 48% in one week?
- 08/01/2006 Napa Valley Register: Stalemate at Charles Krug
- 07/31/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Chavez feted in state’s new Hall of Fame
- 07/30/2006 Sacramento Bee: Migrant worker safety law may go national
- 07/28/2006 Associated Press: California’s deadly heat wave
- 07/26/2006 Fresno Bee: Senators push farmworker van bill
- 07/22/2006 Napa Valley Register: In blistering temperatures, vineyard workers try to beat the heat
- 07/20/2006 Napa Valley Register: Bottom-line economics hurt people in valley
- 07/17/2006 Associated Press: Sweltering Temps Lead To Record Power Use
- 07/14/2006 KERO Ch 23: UFW Educates Workers About Rights (W/Video)
- 07/14/2006 Bakersfield Californian: UFW members highlight laws inspired by 4 worker deaths
- 07/13/2006 A year after four valley farm workers died from extreme heat, new radio ads educate laborers about rights under state rules
- 07/13/2006 KGET (video): Halting Heat Deaths
- 07/09/2006 Napa Valley Register: Napa couple, Krug workers, boycott in wake of layoffs, labor dispute
- 07/08/2006 San Francisco Chronicle: Charles Krug winery fires union workers
- 07/07/2006 Sacramento Bee: Court backs farm unions