United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 05/01/2021 Farm workers rally Saturday in Arvin to demand immediate bold action by Congress on farm worker legalization
- 05/01/2021 Farm workers rally Saturday in Thermal to demand immediate bold action by Congress on farm worker legalization
- 05/01/2021 On May Day, farm workers urge Congress pass farm worker legalization
- 04/30/2021 Reuters: EPA’s ‘time is up’ on critical pesticide chlorpyrifos – 9th Circuit
- 04/29/2021 The Intercept: Court Rules That EPA’s Delay “Exposed a Generation of American Children” to Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
- 04/28/2021 The Hill: Biden calls for path to citizenship for dreamers, farmworkers
- 04/28/2021 PBS News Hour: How Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is leaving essential farmworkers behind
- 04/28/2021 President Biden urges Congress to pass ‘a pathway to citizenship for farm workers who put food on our tables’
- 04/27/2021 San Benito County News: César Chavez supporters walk in his honor
- 04/25/2021 Yakima Herald: Overtime bill for agricultural workers marks a historic change for workers and industry
- 04/21/2021 Politico: Biden’s open to doing immigration through reconciliation, Hispanic lawmakers say
- 04/20/2021 The World: As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights
- 04/20/2021 Random Lengths News: A Democratic Food System Means Unions for Farmworkers
- 04/20/2021 Statement from Teresa Romero on convicting the murderer of George Floyd
- 04/19/2021 WAMC: NY Aims To Vaccinate Farmworkers, Food Production Workers
- 04/14/2021 Newsweek: With COVID-19, Nearly Half of U.S. Farm Workers Are ‘First in Exposure, Last in Protection’
- 04/14/2021 The Madera Tribune: Farmworkers encouraged to get vaccine
- 04/14/2021 The Counter: Washington state is likely to pass one of the nation’s strongest farmworker overtime laws
- 04/12/2021 KJZZ 91.5: Phoenix Could Add Street Signs To Honor Labor Leader Cesar Chavez
- 04/10/2021 ABC 7: Gov. Newsom proclaims April 10 Dolores Huerta Day in California in honor of civil rights activist
- 04/09/2021 KION 5/46: Organizations partner to vaccinate thousands of Monterey County farm workers
- 04/09/2021 Capital Press: Washington House passes farmworker overtime bill
- 04/09/2021 1000s of Monterey County farm workers being vaccinated
- 04/05/2021 Civil Eats: A Path to Citizenship Is on the Horizon for Undocumented Farmworkers
- 04/04/2021 Idaho Press: Editorial: We owe farm workers safety, security of pathway to citizenship