News and Events Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 05/12/2005 KGET : Pesticide drift sends dozens to hospital 05/07/2005 Farm Workers Mourn Miguel Contreras 04/22/2005 Farm workers, activists march for AgJobs bill after U.S. Senate vote shows majority backing 04/22/2005 Portland Oregonian : Dairy accused of firing man over lawsuit support: Columbia River Dairy, part of Threemile Canyon Farms, says poor work led to a worker’s dismissal 04/22/2005 Tri City Herald : Boardman dairy under fire again 04/19/2005 Los Angeles Times : Senate Blocks Ag Worker Citizenship Plan 04/19/2005 UFW: ‘solid bipartisan support’ for AgJobs in Senate 04/12/2005 100 travel from Salinas to deliver petitions to state Capitol urging ‘save our libraries’ in John Steinbeck’s blue-collar home town 04/04/2005 Statement Upon the Passing of Pope John Paul II From the Farm Workers Movement 04/03/2005 Associated Press : Sit-in tries to save libraries: Demonstrators read for 24 hours to protest trio of closures in Salinas 04/02/2005 Thousands walk to honor Cesar Chavez 04/01/2005 NBC4 : About 2,500 Attend Mass Honoring Cesar Chavez 04/01/2005 Times Herald : Cesar Chavez remembered by activists 03/31/2005 Los Angeles Daily News : Chavez left legacy of freedom 03/31/2005 Orange County Register : Activist’s legacy still affects lives 03/31/2005 Ventura County Star : Chavez observance takes form of protest: Students in capital oppose governor’s workplace plan 03/29/2005 Pacific News Service : Father of Chicano Music Dies 03/29/2005 Chavez granddaughter, Councilman McCarty join Hiram Johnson high schoolers at a noontime rally/fast urging governor to preserve farm worker lunch breaks 03/28/2005 Farmworkers Call For Changes To State Unemployment System: Drought Makes Matter Critical! 03/24/2005 UFW stands with Florida ag chief appointed by Gov. Bush embracing AgJobs immigration reform bill 03/17/2005 U.S. farm labor unions protect guest workers, push immigration changes before Bush-Fox meeting in Texas 03/17/2005 Community activists denounce pending election reform legislation that could disenfranchise Latinos voters 03/17/2005 UFW applauds Senate Democrats for killing bill exempting most state growers from health and safety inspections 03/10/2005 Hundreds protest Gallo of Sonoma by forming ¡®human billboard’ along Santa Monica Blvd. 03/09/2005 Portland joins farmworker fight : Farm, dairy and nursery owners say the City Council is meddling outside its authority by voting today on a pro-union resolution « Previous1…322323324325326…364Next »