United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 03/27/2021 KTLA: South El Monte community plants seedlings ahead of Cesar Chavez Day
- 03/27/2021 The Lewsinston Tribune: Guest editorial: Essential farm workers deserve humane treatment
- 03/27/2021 NBC Los Angeles: Pop-Up Exhibit Honoring Cesar Chavez to Open in Duarte
- 03/26/2021 UFW Foundation & United Farm Workers applaud bill protecting all U.S. farm and other workers from heat
- 03/25/2021 US News: Farmworkers fight shaped California attorney general nominee
- 03/25/2021 Visalia Times Delta: Eager to be vaccinated, California farmworkers face obstacles
- 03/24/2021 The New York Times: Rob Bonta, an Asian-American Progressive, Is Named Attorney General in California
- 03/22/2021 VOX: The Supreme Court confronts a union-busting argument that’s too radical even for Kavanaugh
- 03/20/2021 Al Jazeera: COVID jabs bring relief for vulnerable California farmworkers
- 03/19/2021 The Bakersfield Californian: COVID-19 vaccines to be given at Forty Acres this weekend
- 03/18/2021 The New York Times: House Votes to Give Millions of Dreamers and Farmworkers a Path to Citizenship
- 03/18/2021 NBC News: House passes immigration bill, citizenship bill for farmworkers
- 03/18/2021 USA Today: Immigration bill creating green card process for farmworkers passes House, legislation now goes to Senate
- 03/18/2021 The White House: Statement by President Biden on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021
- 03/18/2021 Daily Kos: Today is set to be a big immigration day in the U.S. House
- 03/18/2021 The White House: “Statement of Administrative Policy” on Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 03/18/2021 UFW & UFW Foundation hail passage of landmark immigration bills ‘emancipating’ farm workers and Dreamers and TPS recipients
- 03/17/2021 Yakima Herald: Agriculture industry, farmworker advocates craft efforts to get workers vaccinated
- 03/17/2021 CBS News: Efforts to vaccinate farmworkers hindered by eligibility
- 03/15/2021 Forbes: 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants Await Chance To Come Out From The Shadows
- 03/14/2021 The Counter: Farm workers still don’t get paid for overtime in most places: “This is the very definition of structural racism”
- 03/14/2021 Bakersfield Californian: PHOTO GALLERY: Vaccination efforts for farm workers get underway at The Forty Acres
- 03/14/2021 USA Today: The House is taking up immigration reform this week. Democrats are cautiously optimistic about Senate support
- 03/13/2021 KGET 17: Thousands of farmworkers to get COVID vaccine at mass vaccination site in Delano
- 03/12/2021 Spartan Newsroom: Farmworkers need information on pesticides, federal report says