United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 01/04/2024 KGET: Adam Schiff lands United Farm Workers endorsement in Salinas
- 01/02/2024 N.Y. Daily News: N.Y. farm workers are being denied their rights
- 12/31/2023 Mother Jones: Excessive Heat and Air Pollution Are Putting Farmworkers’ Lives at Risk
- 12/30/2023 AZ Central: In Yuma, farmworkers’ struggle with heat is worsened by inadequate housing
- 12/19/2023 KYMA: Farm workers labor this holiday season
- 12/14/2023 Bakersfield Now: Bakersfield invests $2.5M in affordable housing for agriculture workers
- 12/13/2023 Earthjustice: Appeals Court Rules Use of Antibiotic as Citrus Pesticide Is Unlawful, Vacates EPA Approval
- 12/06/2023 Sunnyside Sun: Workers file lawsuit against Windmill Farms
- 12/05/2023 The New York Times: Retirement Without a Net: The Plight of America’s Aging Farmworkers
- 12/01/2023 California EDD: EDD celebrates the contributions of California agricultural workers with 44th Annual Farm Workers Appreciation Breakfast
- 11/29/2023 Imperial Valley Press: County declares Farm Worker week
- 11/28/2023 Yakima Herald-Republic: Workers and United Farm Workers of America sue Sunnyside mushroom farm over labor disputes
- 11/28/2023 The Globe and Mail: Workers at Washington state mushroom farm say its Canadian owner has tried to prevent union organizing efforts
- 11/28/2023 Seattle Times: Workers sue WA mushroom farm, allege wrongful firings, labor violations
- 11/28/2023 Workers Sue Windmill Farms to Demand Fair Treatmentand Union Recognition
- 11/27/2023 Maine Public: Committee to discuss wages for Maine farmworkers
- 11/24/2023 The Salinas Californian: From the fields to the table: Giving thanks to farmworkers
- 11/24/2023 New York Daily News: Farmworkers inch toward equality: N.Y. must defend the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act in federal court
- 11/22/2023 MSNBC Reports: Thanking the migrant farm workers across our country
- 11/21/2023 America’s Voice: Thanksgiving Is A Time To Thank The Workers Who Feed Us – And An Opportunity To Welcome Families Seeking New Lives Here
- 11/20/2023 The Bakersfield Californian: JOSE GASPAR: Farmworker lives are not disposable, but are treated as such
- 11/17/2023 NC Newsline: Feds slap $139K fine on NC employers for exploiting farmworkers
- 11/16/2023 U.S. Department of Labor: US Department of Labor fines North Carolina employers $139K after they shortchanged farmworkers; seized passports, visas to intimidate them
- 11/15/2023 Farm Workers Organize Union At 7th Farm in New York
- 11/14/2023 America’s Voice: “I Was Tired Of The Injustice”: California Farmworkers Score Major Union Win