United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 01/14/2019 KGET 17 (CA): Wonderful Company farmworker strike on its fourth day
- 01/14/2019 Indy Bay Media: Wonderful Company citrus workers end 4-day strike after the Resnicks agree to restore pay
- 01/14/2019 New Food Economy: In California, Pom Wonderful strike exposes a murky world of unequal pay for farmworkers
- 01/14/2019 Hundreds of striking citrus workers at Delano packing plant pressing the Wonderful Company over cutting their pay and other grievances
- 01/12/2019 KERO 23 ABC News (CA): Employees at The Wonderful Company protesting outside of orchards in Shafter
- 01/11/2019 KGET (CA): Wonderful Company farmworkers walkout, protesting recent drop in pay
- 01/11/2019 Bakersfield Now (CA): UFW: Farmworkers in Kern County go on strike
- 01/10/2019 Bakersfield Californian: Contracted mandarin pickers protest pay-rate decrease by Wonderful Citrus
- 01/10/2019 Los Angeles Times: EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides
- 01/10/2019 Moultrie Observer (GA): OSHA fines company after farm worker dies
- 01/09/2019 UFW applies to intervene in ag lobby lawsuit against U.S. Department of Labor seeking to lower pay for farm workers
- 01/04/2019 The Californian: State finds some Monterey County produce exceeded pesticide limits
- 01/04/2019 ABC30 TV News Fresno (CA): New law ushers in overtime pay for farmworkers
- 01/01/2019 KSBY San Luis Obispo News (CA): Farm workers in California now eligible for overtime
- 01/01/2019 Los Angeles Times: In 2019, California workers gain on pay and working conditions. Employers say it will be costly
- 12/30/2018 Las Vegas Sun: Dismissing science has put these California workers at risk
- 12/28/2018 Mountain Democrat (CA): Someone else’s war: The jobs
- 12/27/2018 New York Times: President Trump’s retreat on the environment is affecting communities
- 12/27/2018 Bakersfield Now (CA): Kern county leads the state with use of toxic pesticide, but plans to regulate it
- 12/24/2018 KQED (CA): Fines in ‘Cuties’ Pesticide Case Drastically Reduced
- 12/21/2018 Daily Democrat (CA): Woodland ag companies fined by Yolo DA for overusing pesticides
- 12/21/2018 Capital Public Radio (CA): Changes In Overtime Rules Coming For California Farmworkers
- 12/12/2018 AgriPulse: GAO: Agriculture accounts for more than half of child worker deaths
- 12/08/2018 Salon: When workers are killed on small farms, OSHA’s hands are tied
- 12/07/2018 Fence Post: GAO report raises concern over the health and safety of child farmworkers in the U.S.