United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 02/27/2021 1,000 Farm Workers to Receive COVID Vaccine at Monterey Mushrooms Facility in Morgan Hill
- 02/26/2021 Teresa Romero Remarks to The Scholar: St. Mary’s annual Immigration Symposium
- 02/26/2021 KRON4: 1,000 farm workers getting vaccinated this weekend in Santa Clara County
- 02/25/2021 The Bakersfield Californian: Farm workers prove early challenge for Kern County vaccination efforts
- 02/23/2021 Newsweek: They Help Put Food on Your Table. Undocumented Farmworkers Should be Legal | Opinion
- 02/22/2021 NBC News: California farmworkers struggle to get Covid vaccine
- 02/22/2021 East Oregonian: Newsom pledges more vaccines for Central Valley farmworkers
- 02/22/2021 United Farm Workers & UFW Foundation court victories against Trump bid to slash wages produces an average 5 percent pay hike for U.S. farm workers
- 02/18/2021 Los Angeles Times: Democrats unveil broad immigration reform bill with citizenship path for 11 million
- 02/18/2021 United Farm Workers & UFW Foundation: U.S. Citizenship Act the ‘dawn of a new day’ for immigrants
- 02/17/2021 CBS Los Angeles: Gov. Gavin Newsom Heaps Praise On Farm Workers While Visiting Vaccination Site In Coachella Valley
- 02/17/2021 San Francisco Chronicle: Biden administration sides with California in allowing union reps access to farmworkers
- 02/17/2021 NBC Palm Springs: Newsom Visits Mobile Farmworker Vaccination Clinic in Coachella Valley
- 02/16/2021 Eater Detroit: Michigan Food Processing and Agricultural Workers Are Next in Line for the COVID-19 Vaccine
- 02/13/2021 World Front News: Diverse Coalition Requests Special Allocation Of Covid-19 Vaccines For Monterey County Agriculture Sector
- 02/11/2021 NBC News: ‘A death sentence’: Activists call on Florida governor to prioritize vaccines for farmworkers
- 02/11/2021 The Counter: Nation’s first mandatory farmworker hazard pay gains approval
- 02/10/2021 NPR: Coronavirus Testing Remains A Problem For Farmworkers, Meatpackers
- 02/10/2021 Rufino Contreras asked for ‘a more just share’ of what he produced; 42 years ago the company answered him with bullets
- 02/07/2021 NBC News: Latino workers, groups blast California officials over Covid-19 vaccine rollout changes
- 02/05/2021 CAP Radio: Vaccine Clinics For California’s Farmworkers Are Starting, But Advocates Say There Are Hurdles
- 02/05/2021 KQED: ‘These Numbers Seem Suspect’: Officials Didn’t Trust Foster Farms’ COVID-19 Data During Plant Outbreak, Emails Show
- 02/05/2021 The Progressive: On the Line: Farmwork in the Era of COVID-19
- 02/04/2021 WGLT 89.1FM: Should Calif. Farmworkers Be Next In Line To Get COVID-19 Vaccine?
- 02/04/2021 The Dream Act ‘is an important step towards justice’