United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 06/15/2005 Santa Rosa Pess Democrat : UFW urges Gallo boycott over impasse in local talks: Union targets customers nationwide; company blames UFW for deadlock
- 06/15/2005 San Francisco Chronicle : S.F. rally kicks off boycott of Gallo: Farm union decries its labor practices in Sonoma County
- 06/15/2005 Los Angeles Times : Farm Union Goes Online to Launch Boycott of Gallo Wine
- 06/14/2005 NEW GALLO BOYCOTT KICKOFF MEDIA PACKET
- 06/14/2005 UFW response to ALRB complaint against UFW issued June 14, 2005, the same day the Gallo wine boycott was declared
- 06/14/2005 Modesto Bee : Boycott Gallo wines, UFW will say today
- 06/14/2005 Sacramento Bee : UFW ready to boycott Gallo – again: Contract fight could revive the labor icon
- 06/14/2005 San Jose Mercury News : UFW urges consumer boycott of Gallo wines: PICKERS, VINTNER CONTRACT STALLED 2 YEARS
- 06/13/2005 Los Angeles Times : UFW Plans Wine Boycott in Effort to Pressure Gallo
- 06/13/2005 Associated Press : UFW asks wine fans to snub Gallo
- 06/12/2005 Earth Justice: EPA to Phase Out Pesticide that Poisons Farmworkers
- 06/04/2005 Boston Globe : In Steinbeck country, we said no to closing the libraries
- 05/18/2005 Pacific News Service : Farewell Bid for Lifelong Farmworker Supporter and Labor Giant
- 05/17/2005 KGET : Pesticide drift still affecting workers (video)
- 05/13/2005 Sacramento Bee : Leaders mourn a kingmaker: Thousands of workers and politicians turn out at the L.A. memorial for influential labor leader.
- 05/12/2005 KGET : Pesticide drift sends dozens to hospital (Video)
- 05/12/2005 KGET : Pesticide drift sends dozens to hospital
- 05/12/2005 Bakersfield Californian : Pesticide drift: An odd smell, then nausea, fear: Workers treated after reporting pesticide made them sick
- 05/12/2005 Daily News : Contreras was fighter: Labor leader embraced American Dream for all workers
- 05/07/2005 Farm Workers Mourn Miguel Contreras
- 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
- 04/22/2005 Farm workers, activists march for AgJobs bill after U.S. Senate vote shows majority backing
- 04/19/2005 Los Angeles Times : Senate Blocks Ag Worker Citizenship Plan
- 04/19/2005 UFW: ‘solid bipartisan support’ for AgJobs in Senate