United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 05/19/2016 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19 in Bakersfield: RFK daughter Kerry Kennedy, Little Joe Hernandez, Martin Sheen, Antonio Villaraigosa spotlight UFW pre-convention dinner
- 05/18/2016 3 p.m. Thursday, May 19 in Keene: Kerry Kennedy, RFK’s daughter, to visit Keene, pay respects at Cesar Chavez’s gravesite
- 05/18/2016 UFW files for speedy union election as strike by 400-plus blueberry workers in McFarland enters its third day
- 04/20/2016 UFW wins election to represent 240 farm workers at Ventura County vegetable & nursery companies
- 04/19/2016 EPA Takes Next Step Toward Banning Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
- 04/18/2016 Monday in D.C. & Salinas: UFW Foundation members from Arvin to Salinas rally so immigrant children and parents of citizens & lawful residents can apply for protection from deportation
- 04/16/2016 Farm labor board rules Gerawan guilty of ‘extensive’ and ‘illegal misconduct’ in violating state labor law
- 04/15/2016 11 a.m. Sunday in Delano: Farm workers march to honor Chavez legacy, stop Trump & push overtime pay
- 04/10/2016 Happy Birthday Dolores Huerta
- 04/08/2016 12 noon Sunday at downtown L.A. Cathedral: Archbishop Gomez’s Cesar Chavez mass 50 years to the day after historic UFW march
- 04/08/2016 10 a.m. Sunday in Oxnard: Farm workers march to celebrate Chavez legacy, stop Trump and push for overtime pay
- 03/31/2016 Sunday in Central, Coastal & Sonoma valleys: Farm workers march to honor Chavez birthday, stop Trump and push for overtime pay
- 03/31/2016 Secretary of State Alex Padilla to Speak at East Bakersfield High School
- 03/23/2016 Why did Gerawan immediately send peach workers back to work after pesticide incident?
- 03/17/2016 Original marchers assemble to mark 50 years to the day Delano-to-Sacramento trek changed America
- 03/15/2016 Gerawan farm workers deliver petition demanding ag commissioner immediately investigate latest pesticide spraying incident
- 03/08/2016 Assemblywoman Gonzalez Proposes Overtime Equality for Farmworkers and Hillary Clinton Agrees
- 03/03/2016 UFW endorsement cites Clinton’s record of consistent support for farm workers & immigration reform
- 02/23/2016 More than 75,000 People Urge EPA to Ban Seven Dangerous Neurotoxic Pesticides
- 02/11/2016 Honoring slain Imperial Valley lettuce striker 37 years after he became a martyr for the UFW
- 01/19/2016 Farm workers ‘hopeful’ over U.S. high court taking case on President Obama’s immigration executive action
- 01/18/2016 Unveiling landmark safety bill aimed at stemming deaths & rising injury numbers on WA state dairies pushed by UFW, state labor & faith groups
- 01/05/2016 More than 80,000 People Urge EPA to Ban Dangerous Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
- 12/27/2015 Honoring Juan Huerta’s pioneering sacrifice and service for Salinas Valley farm workers
- 12/03/2015 ‘Nonie’ Graddy gave the farm workers some of the most important years of her life