United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 07/29/1998 Press Democr: Farmworkers back union representation
- 07/29/1998 San Francisco Chronic: Union wins right to negotiate at vegetable grower
- 07/28/1998 Workers at Largest North Coast Vegetable Farm Vote Overwhelmingly for UFW
- 07/28/1998 Joint labor committee in legislature to start hearings on ALRB behavior in Coastal Berry vote
- 07/28/1998 Press Release from Senator Hilda L. Solis: Labor Committee Chair to Convene Oversight Hearing on ALRB Election Procedures Tied to Anti-Union Violence
- 07/25/1998 San Francisco Examin: Threat to replace strikers
- 07/25/1998 San Francisco Chronic: UFW Supporters Leave Berry Grower’s Fields
- 07/25/1998 Bakersfield Californi: Strawberry workers walk out
- 07/24/1998 San Francisco Examin: UFW berry pickers strike after fractious union vote
- 07/24/1998 San Francisco Chronic: Strawberry Workers Rebuff UFW: In-house labor organization to negotiate with growers
- 07/24/1998 Strawberry Workers Strike Coastal Berry to Protest Sham Election And Company Union Tactics. Company’s San Andreas and Jensen ranches shut down as workers converge on company headquarters
- 07/23/1998 San Francisco Examin: Berry workers vote despite objections
- 07/23/1998 San Jose Mercury Ne: Berry union election ok’d. Vote today: Panal seeks end to violence; UFW calls group a sham
- 07/23/1998 Sacramento B: Berry pickers union can hold vote today
- 07/23/1998 San Francisco Chronic: Rivals of UFW win right to berry vote
- 07/23/1998 UFW: Sham Election Won’t Stop Strawberry Workers From Organizing a Union to Improve Their Lives. Workers want a real voice for better working and living conditions, not violence and pressure tactics
- 07/23/1998 Statement from Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO-“Rule by terrorism” in Coastal Berry Co. election
- 07/23/1998 Statement of John J. Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO, on the “union” election at Coastal Berry Co.
- 07/22/1998 Sacramento B: State board to refree rival union’s turf war
- 07/22/1998 Fresno B: UFW’s fight with rival union moves to Sacramento
- 07/22/1998 San Jose Mercury Ne: Lawmakers, UFW fighting union election
- 07/22/1998 State ‘surrenders to extortion’ in Coastal Berry Co. election
- 07/22/1998 Press Release from Senator Hilda L. Solis: Lawmakers investigating ALRB response to grower violence and control of election push at largest berry ranch
- 07/21/1998 San Jose Mercury Ne: UFW says workers group plot of anti-union growers
- 07/21/1998 San Francisco Chronic: Anti-UFW Group Threatens to Spoil Berry Campaign They want to be represented by independent union