United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 06/02/1999 San Jose Mercury Ne: Runoff necessary for Coastal Berry
- 06/02/1999 Associated Pre: Berry pickers head to the polls again
- 06/01/1999 Veteran Labor Journalist David Bacon, June, 1999: Charges of company unionism mar vote at Coastal Berry
- 05/31/1999 Manuel Chavez: Older brother of late UFW leader Cesar Chavez dies after battle with pancreatic cancer
- 05/28/1999 San Jose Mercury Ne: UFW trails in election – Berry workers: Union remains determined despite apparent defeat.
- 05/27/1999 Associated Pre: Berry Pickers’ Union Votes Counted
- 05/24/1999 Associated Pre: Union elections scheduled for berry workers
- 05/24/1999 Coastal Berry pickers vote Tuesday in Oxnard,Wednesday in Monterey & Santa Cruz counties
- 05/22/1999 Ventura County St: UFW files second petition for election
- 05/21/1999 Ventura County St: Workers rally for UFW election
- 05/21/1999 San Jose Mercury Ne: Growers agree to halt funding `company unions’
- 05/20/1999 San Francisco Chronic: UFW Wins `Company Unions’ Dispute
- 05/19/1999 San Jose Mercury Ne: UFW seeks new election
- 05/19/1999 Bakersfield Californi: Fruits of their labors
- 05/19/1999 As strawberry pickers prepare to vote in a new election, 20 berry growers and groups settle UFW suits over illegally funding ‘worker committees’
- 05/19/1999 San Francisco Chronic: UFW Tries Anew to Win Over Berry Workers
- 05/19/1999 Ventura County St: Coastal Berry may face UFW vote
- 05/07/1999 Los Angeles Tim: Retired Farm Workers Get $1,000 Bonus From Union – Labor: Thanks to a pension plan surplus, the UFW gives a gift to 165 county residents, including many who spent careers working in the fields.
- 05/07/1999 Ventura County St: Members of UFW get bonus checks – PENSION FUND: Good investments allow distributions to participants.
- 05/07/1999 San Francisco Chronicle : New Majority on Farm Labor Board Gives UFW a Victory Davis appointees overturn election at strawberry grower
- 05/06/1999 Associated Press : Farm labor board sets aside union election at strawberry plant
- 05/01/1999 Sacramento B: Davis passes over Serna for ag labor board seat
- 04/30/1999 Sacramento B: Davis picks 3 to give farm labor panel a quorum
- 04/30/1999 Cesar Chavez’s legacy: 2,000 retired farm workers or spouses, some moved to tears, each receive up to $1,000 in bonuses from UFW-grower pension plan
- 04/27/1999 Governor Davis announces opening of Chavez-Kennedy tribute