United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 07/06/2006 San Francisco Chronicle: Appeals court ruling favors farm labor on contract mediation
- 07/05/2006 Seattle Weekly: Fertile Common Ground
- 07/05/2006 UFW: ‘Complete victory’ in binding mediation law ruling; hope for end to grower resistance in contract talks
- 07/02/2006 Sacramento Bee: Roots of a dilemma
- 06/28/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Grape pickers protest conditions at Giumarra
- 06/27/2006 Associated Press: Farms increasingly relying on subcontracted farmworkers
- 06/27/2006 Grape workers demand Giumarras halt crippling and discriminatory practices
- 06/27/2006 News& Observer: Immigration bill amendments fall
- 06/26/2006 Press Enterprise: Mecca for misery – In this town, a bed is often cardboard, a bath is often a creek
- 06/26/2006 Forbes: Pesticides Could Raise Parkinson’s Risk
- 06/22/2006 Permanent vigil begins at Napa Valley winery by soon-to-be-fired Krug-Mondavi workers
- 06/21/2006 San Jose Mercury News: Female farmworkers join discrimination suit against grape grower
- 06/20/2006 KERO Ch 23: Numerous Women Join Lawsuit Against Local Farm (Video & print story)
- 06/20/2006 FARM WORKER WOMEN TO JOIN EEOC SEX BIAS SUIT AGAINST VALLEY GRAPE GROWER
- 06/17/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Farmworkers sick after exposure, union says
- 06/16/2006 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW urges boycott of Charles Krug Winery
- 06/16/2006 Bakersfield Californian: New rules protect against heat deaths
- 06/16/2006 The Salinas Californian: Ag workers hold protest
- 06/15/2006 Soon-to-be fired Krug-Mondavi workers call for nationwide boycott of wine labels
- 06/15/2006 San Francisco Chronicle: Krug-Mondavi workers, facing job losses, to call for national boycott
- 06/15/2006 CA issues the first permanent heat regulation in the nation;
- 06/15/2006 In Defense of Animals: Cesar Chávez – A Legacy of Animal Advocacy
- 06/13/2006 NCLR Agenda: Report from the fields – The bill that can change it all
- 06/13/2006 The Oregonian: EPA plans to ban orchard pesticide
- 06/08/2006 St. Helena Star: Krug workers want new contract