United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 06/14/2013 Immigration reform advocates in Bakersfield walk Congressman McCarthy’s district seeking Senate bill support; welcome delegation of Catholic sisters
- 06/11/2013 UFW announces campaign to mobilize farm workers, supporters to push for Senate immigration legislation
- 06/10/2013 United Farm Workers leader to join President Obama Tuesday at White House event calling for immigration reform
- 06/05/2013 Remembering Robert F. Kennedy 45 years after his assassination
- 05/30/2013 UFW Foundation to celebrate Grand Opening of new location Public informational forums on immigration will be held throughout the month of June
- 05/23/2013 State says Gerawan broke the law by denying a union to its farm labor contractor workers
- 05/21/2013 Bipartisan immigration reform bill passes in the Senate Judiciary Committee clearing the first major hurdle
- 05/21/2013 Amendments seeking to prevent human trafficking and abuse of workers recruited abroad passes Senate Judiciary Committee
- 05/15/2013 LATINO COMMUNITY CALLS FOR CONFIRMING THOMAS PEREZ AS LABOR SECRETARY
- 05/15/2013 UFW’s Arturo Rodriguez: House GOP bill would slash farm worker pay & revive ‘bracero’ program abuses. Same day Senate panel weighs farm worker amendments to bipartisan ‘gang of eight’ immigration reform
- 05/14/2013 While the Senate Judiciary Committee debates amendments to the immigration reform bill, farm workers dream about reuniting with family
- 05/09/2013 Joint Statement of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition and the United Farm Workers on Senate Judiciary Committee Markup of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- 05/07/2013 PAN & UFW urge EPA to protect kids from neurotoxic pesticide
- 05/05/2013 40-20-7: Notable anniversaries for UFW President Arturo Rodriguez
- 04/30/2013 UFW and food safety
- 04/29/2013 The UFW Foundation hosts Community Education Forums on Immigration Reform to explain the recent Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill
- 04/25/2013 UFW opposes Congressman’s proposal to create new Bracero Program that would roll back farm worker protections
- 04/19/2013 UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez testifies before Congress urging lawmakers to support bipartisan immigration reform legislation
- 04/18/2013 Local UFW and UFW Foundation representatives mark unveiling of comprehensive immigration reform bill, comment on key farm worker provisions
- 04/18/2013 Bakersfield: Local UFW, farm workers mark unveiling in D.C. of comprehensive immigration reform bill and comment on key farm worker provisions
- 04/17/2013 Salinas: Local UFW, farm workers mark unveiling in D.C. of comprehensive immigration reform bill and comment on key farm worker provisions
- 04/17/2013 Santa Rosa: Local UFW, farm workers mark unveiling in D.C. of comprehensive immigration reform bill and comment on key farm worker provisions
- 04/17/2013 UFW: Comprehensive reform bill offers farm workers ‘swift’ legalization & new protections while stabilizing workforce
- 04/17/2013 United Farm Workers, Ag employers mark unveiling in D.C. of comprehensive immigration reform bill and discuss key farm worker provisions
- 04/12/2013 United Farm Workers endorse bipartisan immigration reform plan with critical protections for U.S. agricultural workers