United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 02/09/2017 UFW: Judges affirmed Franklin’s warning against trading ‘Liberty’ for ‘Safety’—and deserving neither
- 02/09/2017 Rufino Contreras asked for ‘a more just share’ of what he produced; 38 years ago the company answered him with bullets
- 02/08/2017 UFW & UFW Foundation: Confirmation of Congress’ most anti-immigrant lawmaker is ‘distressing’
- 02/07/2017 New Attorney General Becerra meets in Bakersfield with UFWF, farm workers and other local leaders over Trump immigration edict
- 02/01/2017 UFW, UFW Foundation remain opposed to Sessions’ confirmation
- 01/27/2017 Trump refugee ban executive order is ‘appalling,’ UFW and UFW Foundation say
- 01/27/2017 Press Conference: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Re: Monsanto Prop 65 Lawsuit Hearing
- 01/27/2017 Donald Trump should be ashamed for his executive action this week on immigration, community members will contend
- 01/26/2017 Protesting Trump pledge to deport most U.S. farm workers—2:45 p.m. Friday at Fresno federal bldg.
- 01/25/2017 UFW: If Trump deports most U.S. farm workers, who will feed America—or guests at Trump hotels and golf courses?
- 01/23/2017 Chavez family marks Helen Chavez’s birthday by joining women’s marches
- 01/11/2017 Flake constituents, UFW Foundation members visit his Phoenix office urging opposition to Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general
- 01/04/2017 Abused workers turned to UFW for help: Federal lawsuit filed alleges forced labor at rural Idaho dairy
- 12/19/2016 UFW endorses Perez to head DNC, citing ‘a different kind of candidate’ who ‘is not afraid of a fight’
- 12/08/2016 Central Valley residents urge state officials to protect schoolkids from hazardous pesticides
- 11/09/2016 UFW’s Arturo S. Rodriguez: ‘Making progress will be more difficult, but our practice of organizing for the long term will let us continue to win justice’
- 11/04/2016 UFW endorses Darren Soto for U.S. Congress
- 11/04/2016 UFW’s Arturo S. Rodriguez in Shafter & Delano to begin four-day door-to-door campaign to voters
- 10/25/2016 Farm worker movement marks Larry D. Itliong Day
- 10/24/2016 Farm workers mourn passing of Tom Hayden
- 10/24/2016 Gerawan agrees to settle charges it broke the law in 2013 by refusing to provide accurate worker addresses to the UFW
- 10/12/2016 UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez, US Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez to discuss labor rights, Latino issues to mark Hispanic Heritage Month
- 10/05/2016 UFW endorses Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate
- 09/27/2016 UFW sister organization participates in National Voter Registration Day in Kern and Tulare county rural areas
- 09/21/2016 Farmworker Advocates Call For Suspension of Highly Toxic Pesticide