United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/10/2020 Standford Medicine Scope: Stanford medical student’s tweet about blueberry pickers’ wages goes viral
- 08/08/2020 The Guardian: ‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland
- 08/08/2020 Los Angeles Times: COVID-19 strikes Washington state farmworkers and swamps rural hospitals
- 08/07/2020 The Seattle Times: Widow recounts call with farmworker husband who died of COVID-19 in Okanogan labor camp
- 08/07/2020 Dolores Velasco’s legacy of kindness and devotion to the husband and cause to which she dedicated her life
- 08/06/2020 Madera Tribune: UFW doing what it can to help workers
- 08/05/2020 Dolores Velasco kept alive the memories of her husband, UFW Filipino leader Pete Velasco, and the Manongs
- 08/05/2020 Mourning ‘tireless and humble warrior’ Carolina Holguin, lifelong UFW activist who helped make history
- 08/04/2020 Earthjustice: Lawmakers Aim To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticides With New Bill
- 08/04/2020 Drovers Magazine: Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Food Supply Protection Act
- 08/04/2020 The Hill: Democrats introduce bill to ban chlorpyrifos, other pesticides to protect farmworkers
- 08/04/2020 NEWS FROM THE U.S. CONGRESS Udall, Neguse Introduce Landmark Pesticide Reform to Protect Children, Farmworkers and Consumers from Toxic Pesticides:
- 08/02/2020 NPR: Washington Farmworkers Ask State Supreme Court For Overtime Pay
- 07/31/2020 ABC 7 News: Stanford student raises awareness for farm worker wages after getting $7 for picking 2 gallons of blueberries
- 07/29/2020 PRI The World: Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.
- 07/28/2020 Courthouse News Service: Farmworkers Lobby Ninth Circuit to Force Ban on Pesticide That’s Toxic to Children
- 07/28/2020 KGET: UFW files charges against Primex Farms for allegedly firing employees who said company wasn’t protecting them from COVID-19
- 07/27/2020 NBC Bay Area: Union Claims Unsafe Coronavirus Conditions for Farm Workers
- 07/27/2020 After a death and quarter of work force infected by COVID-19, Primex letting go workers who complained & turned to UFW
- 07/27/2020 Remembering Richard Chavez on 9th anniversary of his passing (Nov 12, 1929-July 27, 2011)
- 07/26/2020 CNBC: Advocates push for more farmworker protections as coronavirus cases surge
- 07/25/2020 Los Angeles Times: This county knew coronavirus could ravage its farmworkers. Why didn’t officials stop it?
- 07/23/2020 Tucson.com: As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers prioritize production over lives
- 07/23/2020 CAL Matters: Workers in the San Joaquin Valley ask the attorney general for support
- 07/23/2020 San Antonio Express-News: Ayala: First woman, immigrant to lead UFW sees no benefit in calling farmworkers ‘essential’