United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 09/08/2004 Vida En El Valle : Protestors continue license bill battle
- 09/02/2004 Salinas: UFW and community leaders urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign road safety bill
- 09/01/2004 Fresno: UFW and community leaders urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign road safety bill
- 09/01/2004 Vida en el Valle: UFW convention puts focus on passage of AgJOBS bill
- 08/29/2004 Fresno Bee – Kerry speaks to Fresno meeting: Presidential candidate addresses 800 at UFW convention via phone
- 08/29/2004 Vida En El Valle: Kerry promises immediate immigration reform
- 08/29/2004 Summary of UFW convention (complete with highlight report, links to major speeches, press releases and newspaper clips)
- 08/28/2004 First grower speaks at UFW convention on Sunday; AFL-CIO Pres. Sweeney, Senate leader Burton, Assembly Speaker Nunez on Saturday
- 08/28/2004 Three women, veteran organizers or former farm workers, elected to the UFW’s executive board
- 08/17/2004 With Giumarra worker’s death from heat exposure confirmed, not one grower answers UFW’s call for voluntary action
- 08/17/2004 Statement by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez : GIVE FARMWORKERS A VOTE ON AGJOBS, UFW URGES SEN. FRIST & WHITE HOUSE
- 08/17/2004 AgJOBS: What Latinos Can Do Now to Pass Bipartisan, Broad-based Immigration Reform
- 08/13/2004 KERN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CORONER DIVISION NEWS RELEASE re: Death of Jose Valdivia-Reynoso
- 08/03/2004 Statement from Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Unveiling 25,000-name Petition, Aug. 3, 2004–Los Angeles & Healdsburg, Calif.
- 08/03/2004 UFW boosts stakes in Gallo of Sonoma contract battle with 25,000-name petition, new web site & full-page ad
- 08/02/2004 Letter to area table grape growers from United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez
- 08/02/2004 UFW’s Rodriguez and family of dead Giumarra worker urge grape growers to act voluntarily to prevent deaths
- 07/30/2004 Remarks by Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Salinas Valley March for Immigration Reform—Soledad, Calif.
- 07/27/2004 Farm workers picketing Cheney over White House blocking Senate vote on bipartisan AgJobs bill
- 07/19/2004 Brownsville Herald: AgJOBS could grant legal residence to migrants: Critics say bill could aid terrorists
- 07/19/2004 Santa Cruz Sentinal : Demonstrators rally for immigration reform bill in Watsonville
- 07/18/2004 Portersville – Farm workers march by hundreds against immigration intimidation, for AgJobs bill
- 07/18/2004 Watsonville – Farm workers march by hundreds for AgJobs bill
- 07/16/2004 White House, Congressional inaction on bipartisan AgJobs, DREAM Act bills discussed by U.S. labor, ethnic leaders
- 07/13/2004 El Diario: Fewer words and more action