United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 03/19/2020 Los Angeles Times: Will coronavirus affect food supply? First problem: A possible shortage of workers
- 03/19/2020 Fresno Bee: Agriculture and coronavirus: No major disruption in San Joaquin Valley as of yet
- 03/19/2020 NBCNews: U.S. restricts visas for farmworkers, raising concerns about food supply
- 03/18/2020 Monterey Herald: Agriculture exempt from shelter in place. Farmworkers stay on the job.
- 03/18/2020 The Counter: Pre-existing conditions, no sick leave and health insurance put farm workers at increased coronavirus risk
- 03/18/2020 Bloomberg.com: Global Harvests at Risk With Travel Limits Squeezing Labor
- 03/17/2020 BloombergQuint: Global Food Harvests at Risk With Travel Limits Squeezing Labor
- 03/17/2020 Vida en el Valley: UFW sends open letter to the agricultural industry asking to protect farmworkers during the Coronavirus crisis
- 03/17/2020 Capital Press: Coronavirus puts pressure on farm labor picture
- 03/17/2020 The Packer: Coronavirus spurs concerns for farmworkers
- 03/17/2020 UFW to all growers, ag groups: ‘Imperative to take proactive steps’ to ensure farm worker safety—starting with extending sick pay
- 03/17/2020 Fusion: Farm workers are concerned about the spread of coronavirus
- 03/13/2020 Postponing the UFW 2020 Constitutional Convention & Awards Dinner
- 03/12/2020 KTVB 7: Crop-dusting bill heads to Idaho Senate for possible changes
- 03/12/2020 Testimony of Areli Arteaga, on behalf of the United Farm Workers of America and UFW Foundation, Idaho State Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee — March 12, 2020
- 03/09/2020 KIMA TV: Former pesticide workers at Evans Fruit want to go back to work, but with safer conditions
- 03/09/2020 Yakima Herald: Evans Fruit workers walk out over wages and labor conditions
- 03/08/2020 Valley Public Radio: Yemeni Farm Workers In The Valley, Arab Nationalism And The UFW
- 02/28/2020 ABC10.com KXTV: Farmworkers struggle with high cost of housing
- 02/25/2020 CALmatters: Farmworkers struggle with high cost of housing
- 02/21/2020 KGET 17: Vote fails to turn prisons in McFarland into ICE detention centers
- 02/14/2020 MSNBC’s “What’s Eating America” premiering Sunday to feature UFW & UFWF
- 02/12/2020 NBC News: Latino groups vow to fight for ban on pesticide linked to children’s health problems
- 02/10/2020 Rufino Contreras asked for ‘a more just share’ of what he produced; 41 years ago the company answered him with bullets
- 02/07/2020 Mother Jones: Trump Rescued a Nasty Pesticide from an EPA Ban. Now Corteva Will Stop Making It