United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 08/29/2019 Monterey County Weekly: Local labor unions evolve during a turbulent time for workers in the U.S.
- 08/24/2019 NY Times: Opinion| The Peaches Are Sweet, but Growing Them Isn’t
- 08/23/2019 West Plains Daily Quill: These farmworkers in Missouri were forced to labor on empty stomachs
- 08/20/2019 Yakima Herald-Republic: New state committee examining H2-A and agricultural workforce meets Monday
- 08/15/2019 Remembering Florida farm worker leader Valentin Barajas
- 08/14/2019 Ed Lewis, who helped Cesar Chavez buy La Paz, passes away
- 08/12/2019 Buzz Feed News: A New Trump Policy Could Deny Green Cards To Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits
- 08/12/2019 Salon: Health and labor groups sue Trump’s EPA for refusal to ban pesticide linked to brain damage
- 08/12/2019 Hollywood Reporter: Edward Lewis, Producer of ‘Spartacus,’ ‘Missing’ and ‘Grand Prix,’ Dies at 99
- 08/10/2019 Tri-City Herald: Blueberry season is half over. Feds say growers must pay pickers 50% more
- 08/10/2019 Santa Cruz Sentinel: UFW presents scholarships to students | Name dropping
- 08/09/2019 KUOW: Pesticide linked to brain damage in children faces multi-state lawsuit
- 08/08/2019 Public News Service: Congress Considers New Federal Rules Limiting Excessive Heat in Workplace
- 08/07/2019 Tucson Sentinel: How Arizona’s outdoor workers stay safe in the swelter
- 08/07/2019 Earthjustice (press release): OVER 80 GROUPS URGE GOV. CUOMO TO SIGN SENATE BILL S5343 AND BAN BRAIN-DAMAGING PESTICIDE CHLORPYRIFOS
- 08/07/2019 DTN The Progressive Farmer (blog): Enviros Appeal EPA Action
- 08/07/2019 Groups sue Trump’s EPA for refusing to ban brain-damaging pesticide
- 08/06/2019 Nine children of UFW members each get $1,000 ¡Si Se Puede!® scholarship
- 08/04/2019 Herald Palladium: An uphill battle: Migrant, seasonal and H-2A farmworkers continue to face a challenging landscape
- 08/03/2019 STL Today: Ag companies and farmers prepare for the coming of ‘killer heat’
- 07/30/2019 Reflector: Bus sculpture on the road to becoming a reality: Work of art to tell the story of migrant farm workers
- 07/30/2019 GV Wire: Lessons Learned by Picking Cantaloupes in San Joaquin Valley
- 07/30/2019 The Progressive: The Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: Part Six, Homeless and Hungry in People’s Park
- 07/29/2019 The Nation: ‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.
- 07/26/2019 Trump’s proposed H-2A rules would harm, not help, U.S. farm workers and reduce protections for both domestic and foreign field laborers