United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 10/15/2013 UFW and agriculture employers to deliver thousands of letters urging a vote on immigration reform to Congressman McCarthy’s district office
- 10/10/2013 Central Valley Leaders Release New Poll Data Showing Voters Want Action on Immigration Reform
- 10/09/2013 UFW vice president and CA farm workers get arrested during immigration reform civil disobedience action on Capitol Hill
- 10/09/2013 20 new U.S. citizens from seven nations sworn in at National Chavez Center on 1st anniversary of President Obama’s visit
- 10/08/2013 UFW leader, farm workers join rally & immigration reform march; risk arrest at civil disobedience action on Capitol Hill
- 10/04/2013 UFW urges House Republicans to vote on immigration reform while joining Pacific Northwest’s “National Day for Dignity and Respect”
- 10/04/2013 UFW and agriculture employers to collect thousands of letters urging Congressman McCarthy to vote on immigration reform with citizenship
- 09/27/2013 United Farm Workers launches “Harvesting the American Dream” campaign in the heart of the richest agricultural fields in the world
- 09/26/2013 Passing of Jose Montoya, renowned artist, poet laureate, musician and farm worker champion as founder of the RCAF
- 09/26/2013 ALRB dismisses Gerawan decertification petition citing widespread forgeries, illegal company role
- 09/13/2013 Central Valley tomato company agrees to pay more than $1 million to farm workers in decades-long labor dispute
- 09/13/2013 California farm workers to benefit from minimum wage increase
- 09/12/2013 Kern County’s women delegation visited Rep. McCarthy’s district office, urging vote on immigration reform
- 09/12/2013 Kern County’s women delegation visits Rep. McCarthy’s district office, urging vote on immigration reform
- 09/11/2013 Bonta Bill on Filipino Americans and Farm Labor Movement Curriculum Heads to Governor
- 09/09/2013 Business, labor and community leaders press Congressman Kevin McCarthy for vote on immigration legislation with path to citizenship
- 09/03/2013 Passing of Jessie De La Cruz, legendary farm worker movement ‘icon’
- 09/02/2013 Remarks by Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, Unveiling Holy Cross Memorial Honoring the 28 ‘Deportees’, Labor Day, September 2, 2013—Fresno
- 08/31/2013 United Farm Workers awards ¡Si Se Puede!® scholarships to children of farm worker families for academic success and community service.
- 08/27/2013 UFW president among civil rights leaders and luminaries to attend White House’s 1963 March on Washington commemoration
- 08/26/2013 Join UFW President Arturo Rodriguez at memorial dedication for 28 ‘deportees’ Labor Day, Sept. 2 in Fresno
- 08/22/2013 United Farm Workers to honor the winners of the ¡Si Se Puede!® Scholarship Program in Salinas at special awards ceremony
- 08/22/2013 Fresno County judge enjoins Gerawan from ‘interrogating’ & ‘threatening’ its workers and unlawfully circulating petition to get rid of UFW
- 08/19/2013 Popular Regional Mexican band ‘El Trono de Mexico,’ farm workers and Bakersfield community urge Congressman McCarthy to act on immigration reform
- 08/16/2013 ¡Si Se Puede!® scholarship program to honor academic success, community service dedication of farm workers’ children