United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 04/26/2024 US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FINALIZES FARMWORKER PROTECTION RULE
- 04/26/2024 United Farm Workers & UFW Foundation Welcome New Federal Rules to Reform the H-2A Program
- 04/26/2024 U.S. Department of Labor: Farmworker Protection Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
- 04/26/2024 NBC Los Angeles: Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation, other abuses under new rule
- 04/26/2024 AOL News: Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule
- 04/20/2024 Farm Week Now: Farmworkers are vital to a resilient food system
- 04/15/2024 USA Today: Florida joins Texas in banning local heat protections for outdoor workers
- 04/13/2024 CBS News Colorado: Denver workers honor Cesar Chavez with annual march
- 04/12/2024 KPBS: Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer
- 04/09/2024 Los Angeles Times: California moves to ban use of the weedkiller paraquat
- 04/01/2024 America’s Voice: President Biden, Farmworkers and Advocates Remember César Chávez’s Legacy: ‘Let’s Keep Moving Forward’
- 03/31/2024 Spectrum News: LA region observes Cesar Chavez Day 2024
- 03/31/2024 The New York Times: Cesar Chavez’s Family Criticizes R.F.K. Jr. for His Chavez Day Event
- 03/31/2024 California Governor: Governor Newsom Proclaims César Chávez Day 2024
- 03/29/2024 Bill Granting Farm Workers Legal Status Reintroduced in Senate
- 03/27/2024 Mourning Wendy Goepel Brooks, one of the UFW’s first full-time volunteers at the dawn of the 1965 Delano grape strike
- 03/27/2024 UFW Files New Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Wonderful Nurseries
- 03/25/2024 Brewbound: Brewjeria Company, Norwalk Brew House & South Central Brewing Co. Announce “Los Farmworkers” Collaboration
- 03/23/2024 PBS Newshour: Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms
- 03/19/2024 The Washington Post: US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes
- 03/18/2024 Scientific American: As Extreme Heat and Smoke Threaten U.S. Farmworkers, Federal Health Leaders Evaluate Protections
- 03/14/2024 The Sacramento Bee: A billion dollar farming company is battling California farmworker union over major victory
- 03/13/2024 Grist: As heat becomes a national threat, who will be protected?
- 03/10/2024 CBS 58: 6th annual César Chávez birthday celebration held at Marcus Performing Arts Center
- 03/09/2024 ABC30: Kerman community remembers 7 farm workers killed in Madera County crash