News and Events Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 06/08/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Hearings of farm labor violations proceed without presence of United Farm Workers 06/06/2000 UFW & labor help kick off battle for new amnesty law as some 1,000 workers attend a ‘town hall’ meeting in Fresno 06/05/2000 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW may seek Gallo boycott 06/04/2000 UFW Pres. Rodriguez leads Sunday march targeting drive to win a contract at Gallo 06/03/2000 UFW & labor help kick off battle for new amnesty law as some 1,000 workers attend a ‘town hall’ meeting in Salinas 06/02/2000 Sacramento Bee: Bill targeting farm labor violations stalls: workers would have been able to sue grower 06/01/2000 UFW backs Speaker Hertzberg’s plan to move farm labor contractor issue to conference committee 06/01/2000 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Gallo farm workers allege mistreatment 05/31/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Farm workers target lawmakers over bill 05/31/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Larger spraying buffer sought 05/31/2000 Mushroom worker kids leads hundreds marching down Oxnard streets for a better life with a UFW contract 05/31/2000 Hearing with state pesticide chief into plight of Earlimart victims from 11/3 mass poisoning incident 05/31/2000 Los Angeles Times: Field Workers need this shield 05/31/2000 Whittier Daily News: Assemblyman refuses to back farmworkers 05/30/2000 Farm worker sit ins protest Assemblymembers Flores & Reyes ‘betrayal’ over key bill to end ‘worst abuses’ 05/30/2000 Farm worker sit ins protest Assemblyman’s Calderons’ ‘betrayal’ over key bill to end ‘worst abuses’ 05/30/2000 UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta details Gallo farm labor contractor abuses of vineyard workers in Sonoma County 05/27/2000 San Francisco Chronicle: Fairness for farmworkers 05/26/2000 Los Angeles Times: UFW Toils in a new field: Cities 05/08/2000 UFW Pres. Rodriguez, 200 farm workers lobby Monday at Capitol for minimum disability benefits 05/05/2000 Los Angeles Times: Labor Board Gives UFW a Victory in Oxnard Agriculture: United Farm Workers wins right to represent more than 700 strawberry pickers. Officials say it marks first time in 20 years they have had union leadership. 05/05/2000 Petaluma nursery workers vote for UFW on ‘Cinco de Mayo’ 05/05/2000 UFW wins first major stake in California strawberry industry at Coastal Berry Co. 05/04/2000 Associated Press: FARM SCENE: Farmer union and rival share representation of berry workers 05/04/2000 San Jose Mercury News: Lawmakers back bill to honor Cesar Chavez Vote: Committee OKs revised version for holiday; measure `has wings.’ « Previous1…345346347348349…364Next »