United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 04/05/2013 Farm Workers Travel to Washington, DC to Outline Vision for Immigration Policy Reform as Negotiations Reach Critical Stage
- 04/05/2013 Farm workers and their families travel to Washington D.C. to support immigration reform effort
- 04/02/2013 AP Stylebook stops using ‘i’ word (illegal) after MoveOn.org appeal from Cesar Chavez’s widow
- 03/24/2013 United Farm Workers celebrate Cesar E. Chavez’s legacy with multiple marches in two U.S. states calling for immigration reform
- 03/21/2013 Central Coast Community Leaders Urge CalEPA to Put California “Back on the Right Course” and Phase out Methyl Bromide
- 03/19/2013 Dedicated farm worker movement staff member Ann McGregor
- 03/18/2013 UFW applauds Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez’s challenge to Arizona anti-immigrant law, looking forward to another champion for farm workers’ rights
- 03/18/2013 Thousands in Salinas join United Farm Workers in march for immigration reform and celebration of Cesar E. Chavez’s legacy
- 03/18/2013 Thousands in Bakersfield join United Farm Workers in march for immigration reform and celebration of Cesar E. Chavez’s legacy
- 03/18/2013 Thousands in Fresno join United Farm Workers in march for immigration reform and celebration of Cesar E. Chavez’s legacy
- 03/18/2013 Thousands in Yakima join United Farm Workers in march for immigration reform and celebration of Cesar E. Chavez’s legacy
- 03/18/2013 Thousands in Oxnard join United Farm Workers in march for immigration reform and celebration of Cesar E. Chavez’s legacy
- 03/17/2013 Dozens of Bakersfield families, students and community leaders to promote upcoming march for immigration reform over the weekend
- 03/15/2013 Hundreds to rally with U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez to support immigration reform legislation with a path to citizenship
- 03/06/2013 US born children to greet undocumented mother at end of CA’s “Keeping Families Together” bus tour in Bakersfield
- 03/05/2013 California’s ‘Keeping Families Together’ bus tour, calling for immigration reform, makes its final stop in Bakersfield
- 02/26/2013 UFW official testifies before Congress urging lawmakers to support immigration reform, protections for farm workers
- 02/13/2013 Federal Court judge finds Central CA grower jointly liable for labor contractor’s violations in case involving several thousands of workers
- 02/13/2013 UFW applauds President Obama’s commitment to immigration reform in State of the Union speech; GOP’s Rubio shared priority
- 02/05/2013 UFW President Arturo Rodriguez press avail after White House meeting with President on administration immigration reform proposal
- 02/03/2013 Remembering Nan Freeman, young Jewish woman who gave her life for farm workers
- 01/30/2013 Farm workers speak out at 10:30 a.m. today in Fresno & Salinas: UFW will urge Congress ‘to move swiftly forward’ on enacting new immigration process
- 01/29/2013 UFW applauds three of President Obama’s immigration reform commitments: ‘Now is the time to move swiftly forward’
- 01/28/2013 United Farm Workers welcomes bipartisan comprehensive immigration proposal with roadmap to citizenship, evaluates details
- 01/26/2013 Honoring Fred Korematsu Day celebration Sunday, Jan. 27 in S.F.