United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 03/26/2002 Chicago Tribune: Pension money awaits retired migrant workers
- 03/20/2002 San Francisco Chronicle: Davis pushes for big new labor agency – Plan would bypass lawmakers to create Cabinet-level position
- 03/17/2002 Associated Press: Study: Farmworkers experience higher rates of leukemia, brain, prostate, skin cancer
- 03/16/2002 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW Election held
- 03/05/2002 UFW Pres. Rodriguez, Rep. Dooley join farm workers activists in rally for Nicole Parra
- 03/04/2002 UFW Pres. Rodriguez joins dozens of farm worker activists ‘human billboarding’ for Ortiz as part of union’s Latino vote drive
- 03/03/2002 Ventura County Star (CA): Unitarian Universalists rally to union cause – PICTSWEET: Folks pour into Oxnard to show solidarity with push for UFW pact.
- 03/02/2002 Associated Press: Families of farmworkers killed in crash to receive compensation
- 03/02/2002 Lt. Gov. Bustamante, UFW Pres. Rodriguez join farm workers walking precincts for Joey Acuña
- 03/02/2002 L.A.-area Unitarian church members taking food and supplies to Pictsweet
- 03/01/2002 Ventura County Star: A rose by name of Chavez
- 02/27/2002 Associated Press : Field hands are getting pensions they didn’t know they has
- 02/27/2002 Associated Press : Immigrant and Hispanic workers describe unsafe working conditions
- 02/10/2002 The Monitor (TX): Candidates fight for highly-prized UFW endorsement
- 02/09/2002 Ventura County Star (CA): Tragedy emphasizes farm work dangers
- 02/08/2002 UFW’s Rodriguez and Sen. Romero headline big Valley Latino get-out-the-vote dinner
- 02/08/2002 Bakersfield Californian (CA): Groups target Latino turnout
- 02/07/2002 Sacramento Bee (CA): State OKs Cesar Chavez lessons
- 02/06/2002 State Board of Education to Adopt Cesar Chavez Curriculum
- 01/28/2002 Monterey Herald: Farmworkers may receive unclaimed pension – Union contract guaranteed thousands of dollars
- 01/28/2002 Retired farm workers to get more than $41,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 01/22/2002 UFW to endorse Gutierrez for Arizona governor
- 01/17/2002 Ventura County Star: Pictsweet loses in firing dispute
- 01/16/2002 Pictsweet found guilty of illegally firing mushroom worker who backed UFW
- 12/22/2001 Ventura County Star: UFW, Pictsweet negotiations stall