United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 10/28/2019 California Healthline: Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks In California’s Wildfires
- 10/25/2019 Farm worker movement marks Larry D. Itliong Day
- 10/20/2019 Idaho Statesman: Farmworkers fell ill after alleged pesticide exposure. ‘It’s going to keep happening
- 10/20/2019 Idaho Statesman: ID farmworkers allege pesticide exposure shows regulation gaps
- 10/15/2019 KEYT: Ventura county residents push to ban toxic pesticide
- 10/15/2019 The Salinas Californian: Could a federal H-2A visa proposal mean lower wages for farmworkers? Advocates worry
- 10/14/2019 UFW, UFW Foundation praise Gov. Newsom for signing bill encouraging more farm worker housing for families
- 10/10/2019 UFW: CA settlement over chlorpryifos ‘a good first step’—looking ‘forward to working with Gov. Newsom to turn it into a permanent ban’
- 10/09/2019 Teen Vogue: The Complete History of the Famed Delano Grape Strike
- 10/09/2019 LA Times: Chemical companies agree to end fight over pesticide ban
- 10/07/2019 Daily Kos: Governor Newsom – Sign the “Farm Worker Housing Act of 2019”
- 10/04/2019 Should State Fund Growers’ Barracks for Guest Workers?
- 10/03/2019 Biography: Martin Luther King Jr. Praised Cesar Chavez For His ‘Indefatigable Work’
- 09/23/2019 People’s World: Another day, another Trump attack – this time on farm workers
- 09/17/2019 KJZZ: Scientific Forum Enumerates Heat Effects On Health, Safety, Infrastructure
- 09/17/2019 South Pasadenan: A Compassionate, Vigorous Person’ | Cacciotti Remembers Stepmother Valerie Harper
- 09/09/2019 Journal Times: Alleged labor trafficking victim tells of mistreatment in Racine County
- 09/09/2019 San Francisco Chronicle: Open Forum: Migrant farmworkers deserve respect — and a path to citizenship
- 09/05/2019 South Pasadena Review: Remembering Valerie Harper
- 09/03/2019 The Hub: Dozens arrested at Labor Day demonstration
- 09/01/2019 The Atlantic: Almost All American Strawberries Are Grown With Toxic Chemicals
- 08/30/2019 UFW Pres. Teresa Romero courting arrest during Labor Day march for Kaiser healthcare workers
- 08/30/2019 Farm worker movement mourns Valerie Harper
- 08/30/2019 KGET:State investigating heat-related death of farm worker in July
- 08/30/2019 Yahoo Entertainment: Valerie Harper, ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Rhoda’ star, dead at 80 after cancer battle