United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 04/03/2000 Daily News: Marchers honor Chavez
- 04/03/2000 Los Angeles Times: Life, work of Cesar Chavez remembered at festival
- 04/01/2000 Los Angeles Times: Events pay tribute to Chavez’s legacy
- 04/01/2000 Los Angeles Times: Pupils briefly follow in Chavez’s footsteps
- 04/01/2000 Los Angeles Times: San Fernando School honors the labor leader
- 04/01/2000 Arizona Republic: Labor Rights leader has his day
- 03/31/2000 As his birthday nears, school kids learn about Cesar Chavez as speakers fan out across greater Los Angeles area
- 03/31/2000 San Jose Mercury News: Reshaping Chavez holiday bill: San Jose celebrates farm worker icon as lawmakers seek appropiate way to honor him
- 03/31/2000 San Jose Mercury News: Knowing the father behind the legend
- 03/31/2000 Sacramento Bee: Bill to create Chavez holiday is slowed: Supporters now shooting for passage in April
- 03/31/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Birthday cause of celebration of Cesar Chavez
- 03/17/2000 Sacramento Bee: Serna’s last wish: $120,000 goes to UFW group
- 03/16/2000 UFW expresses gratitude for Mayor Serna’s $120,000 gift
- 03/08/2000 Los Angeles Times: Judge Backs Separate Units for Workers
- 03/03/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Farm workers to sharpen skills in new program
- 02/25/2000 Sacramento Bee: UFW joins growers on Prop. 13: Water difficulties unite longtime foes
- 02/24/2000 In historic event, UFW & grower groups join forces for first time to back Prop. 13
- 02/24/2000 Fresno Bee: Fines levied in crash: State agency imposes $21,500 in fines against a labor contractor after the farm-labor van tragedy.
- 02/24/2000 Sacramento Bee: Contractor fined for allowing workers to travel in unsafe van
- 02/17/2000 New York Times: Labor urges amnesty for illegal immigrants
- 02/17/2000 Fresno Bee: Pesticide-sprayed victims find relief: San Francisco-based company agrees to pay the medical bill
- 02/16/2000 Fresno Bee: Aid for pesticide ailments sought
- 02/16/2000 Fresno Bee: One injured farmworker remains in hospital
- 02/16/2000 Lodi News: Stockton activist honored for struggle against injustice
- 02/16/2000 Sacramento Bee: Study shows decreased number of pesticide poisonings in CA