United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 11/15/1999 Associated Pre: Pesticide mist forces 150 to evacuate, sends dozens to hospital
- 11/13/1999 UFW: Earlimart poisoning shows need for greater scrutiny of toxic pesticides
- 11/11/1999 Sacramento B: Farm workers journey far to honor one of their own
- 11/08/1999 Statement from Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO at March for Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
- 11/08/1999 Farm workers mourn Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
- 11/07/1999 Associated Press, 1: Fighting for Chavez Holiday
- 11/06/1999 Hundreds rally in L.A. for drive to make Cesar Chavez’s birthday a paid state holiday
- 11/01/1999 Editorial cartoon re: the proposed new guestworker program by award-winning editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz
- 11/01/1999 Graham-Smith guest worker plan a ‘cruel hoax’ on farm workers
- 11/01/1999 UFW at town hall forum on bill deleting legal residency demand for obtaining driver’s licenses
- 10/28/1999 Associated Pre: Labor panel to hear challenges in strawberry union debate
- 10/18/1999 Sacramento B: Editorial cartoon re: guestworker program by award-winning cartoonist Dennis Renault
- 09/30/1999 Fresno B: Davis OKs farm-labor seat belts: Existing labor vans must have seat belts by May 1, 2000 after bills are signed.
- 09/29/1999 Los Angeles Tim: State Holiday on Chavez Birthday Gets Backing
- 09/10/1999 Pact with Charles Krug-Mondavi is the UFW’s third Napa Valley wine contract
- 09/09/1999 Fresno B: Laborer safety bills go to Davis
- 09/08/1999 Sacramento B: Senate OKs safety bill spurred by farm worker tragedy
- 09/05/1999 Bakersfield Californi: Keeping a close eye: FBI spied on Cesar Chavez and UFW for 12 years; found nothing
- 09/05/1999 Bakersfield Californi: UFW cofounder still harvesting fair labor policy
- 08/28/1999 Fresno B: State urged to tighten farm van safety: Seat belts and inspections are a must in the wake of 13 deaths in a labor van crash, farmworkers tell legislators during a meeting in Fresno.
- 08/27/1999 Los Angeles Tim: ‘This Tragedy Happened Because of Greed’ Farm workers: UFW’s founder spoke to the same issues 25 years ago as were raised by a recent van accident that killed 13.
- 08/23/1999 Fresno B: 200 mourn van-crash victims at MassSunday: Mass is dedicated to eulogizing Fresno County van-crash victims.
- 08/22/1999 Mass organized by UFW, community groups honors 13 farm workers killed in Aug. 9 crash, calls for action on reform bill
- 08/20/1999 Los Angeles Tim: Panel OKs Farm Van Seat Belt Bill Legislature: Measure gets swift approval in Senate committee along with tougher penalties for operators of unsafe vehicles
- 08/19/1999 San Francisco Chronic: New Look at Farm Van Safety/After deadly crash, lawmakers call for mandatory seat belts