United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 10/14/2020 Business Insider: Trump administration sued over decision that critics say would slash wages for more than 200,000 farm workers
- 10/14/2020 Lawsuit to stop Trump from slashing U.S. farm worker pay
- 10/13/2020 Glamour: Yes, Dolores Can: The 90-Year-Old Activist on Speaking Up, Raising Hell, and Doing the Work
- 10/09/2020 CAL Matters: California work safety agency’s response to COVID complaints: letters, not inspections
- 10/06/2020 NBC News: Latino workers are at increased risk of dying on the job, new report says
- 10/06/2020 The Counter: “It’s especially cruel during a pandemic”: Minimum wage uncertain for seasonal farm workers after USDA axes labor report
- 10/03/2020 HuffPost: Trump Administration Plan Would Cut Pay For Essential Farm Workers
- 10/03/2020 The New York Times (Opinion): Now the President and Frontline Workers Have Something in Common
- 10/02/2020 Mother Jones: Unsheltered in Place
- 10/01/2020 Harris bill to protect all U.S. farm & other workers from heat
- 10/01/2020 News Advisory from Senator Harris: Harris, Brown Introduce Heat Stress Legislation to Protect Workers
- 09/30/2020 The Salinas Californian: Gov. Gavin Newsom signs first-in-the-nation farmworker protections package
- 09/30/2020 Business Insider: Trump administration move could slash wages for over 200,000 farm workers
- 09/30/2020 Trump proposes cutting farm worker pay in the midst of a pandemic
- 09/29/2020 Yakima Herald: Union asks state for rules to protect farmworkers during wildfire smoke
- 09/28/2020 Cronkite News: Heat, smoke, pandemic: Dangers multiply for farmworkers in 2020
- 09/28/2020 Public Integrity: Trump attacks them. COVID-19 threatens them. But immigrants keep the U.S. fed.
- 09/26/2020 San José Spotlight: San Jose legislator pushes for immigration reforms amid COVID-19
- 09/23/2020 ‘Undocumented immigrants deserve a path to legalization & citizenship that recognizes the essential role we play in this nation,’ farm worker urges House Judiciary Committee
- 09/23/2020 The New York Times: E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Children’s Brains
- 09/22/2020 Protect essential farm workers from deportation, farm worker will urge House Judiciary Committee
- 09/22/2020 Environmental Working Group: Study: More Than 125,000 Farmworkers Have Contracted Covid-19
- 09/17/2020 NPR: ‘I Have To Work’: Agricultural Workers In The West Harvest Crops Through Fire Smoke
- 09/17/2020 The Oregonian: Wildfires Oregon farmworkers face ‘awful choice’ as wildfire smoke plagues harvest
- 09/16/2020 UFW backs Hickenlooper, a partner for farm workers earning equal rights to overtime pay and a legal immigration process