United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 02/03/2021 ABC 15 Arizona: Cesar Chavez bust near President Biden’s desk shows importance of immigrants to his agenda
- 02/03/2021 ABC News: The possible impacts of President Biden’s pathway to citizenship plan
- 02/02/2021 VC Star: Farmworkers say employers, Cal/OSHA don’t enforce COVID-19 safety regulations
- 02/02/2021 The Seatle Times: Farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers
- 02/02/2021 U.S. News & World Report: Essential Yet Under-Vaccinated, Some California Farmworkers Get Their Vaccines
- 01/30/2021 UFW Wins Injunction Forcing Foster Farms to Protect Workers From COVID
- 01/28/2021 Monterey Herald: Coronavirus: Monterey Peninsula mayors urge prioritizing farmworker vaccinations
- 01/28/2021 Monterey County Weekly: The UFW joins the Biden administration in pushing for immigration reform.
- 01/25/2021 ABC 30: Farmworkers in West Fresno County receive COVID-19 vaccine
- 01/25/2021 Leading Organizations Join Forces, Launch Nationwide Campaign for Immigrant Justice
- 01/25/2021 Remembering Nan Freeman 49 years after the young Jewish woman gave her life for farm workers
- 01/24/2021 NBC Bay Area: UCSF Research Shows Industries in Which Workers Are Most Likely to Die From COVID
- 01/22/2021 Serving others was farm worker leader Baltazar Aguirre’s passion
- 01/21/2021 NBC Los Angeles: About the Bust of Civil Rights Leader Cesar Chávez in President Biden’s Oval Office
- 01/20/2021 The Hill: Biden replaces Andrew Jackson portrait in Oval Office, adds Cesar Chavez bust
- 01/20/2021 Business Insider: Biden unveils immigration proposal that offers green cards and overtime pay to farm workers and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
- 01/20/2021 Desert Sun: Biden immigration plan: Undocumented farmworkers could apply for green cards immediately
- 01/20/2021 CBS News: Biden plan would offer legal status to farm workers, “Dreamers” and other undocumented immigrants
- 01/20/2021 UFW/UFWF: Biden’s immigration bill is ‘fundamentally different’ than any previous U.S. president in ‘emancipating farm workers’
- 01/18/2021 Remarks by Teresa Romero to Assembly Select Committee on Latina Inequities Informational Hearing
- 01/17/2021 Politico: Agriculture Who is ‘essential’? Food and farm workers left in limbo in vaccine priorities
- 01/16/2021 The Desert Sun: Riverside County health officials working to ensure farmworkers receive COVID-19 vaccine, despite ongoing shortages
- 01/15/2021 Huffington Post: Democrats Call For Fast-Tracking Citizenship For Undocumented Essential Workers
- 01/15/2021 Politico: Democrats ready immigration push for Biden’s early days
- 01/13/2021 Desert Sun: Riverside County seniors, teachers and farmworkers can get COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday