United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 06/08/2012 SINGER SONGWRITER KRIS KRISTOFFERSON TO DONATE FIVE CONCERTS IN CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED FARM WORKERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY!
- 06/06/2012 Nearly 200 farm workers and community supporters rally Salinas voters for incumbent Fernando Armenta
- 05/20/2012 Weekend UFW 50th anniversary gathering in Bakersfield: 2,000 farm workers set organizing agenda Sunday; UAW president, U.S. Secretary of Labor also speak
- 05/19/2012 Weekend UFW 50th anniversary gathering in Bakersfield Convention honors 1960s union pioneers on Saturday, 2,000 farm workers set organizing agenda on Sunday
- 05/17/2012 Highlights from UFW 50th anniversary convention in Bakersfield: Honorable Ken Salazar headlines UFW Friday agenda, Gathering honors 1960s union pioneers on Saturday
- 05/16/2012 The UFW Foundation Condemns Changes to Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
- 05/15/2012 UFW’s 50th Anniversary Convention Friday-Sunday, in Bakersfield: Attend or Watch Live
- 05/15/2012 Novel feature helps capture people’s history at UFW 50th anniversary convention in Bakersfield
- 05/11/2012 Cesar Chavez’s UFW marks 50 years of history while pushing new organizing and legislative agendas
- 04/27/2012 Medal of Freedom announcement: Farm worker movement hails Dolores Huerta’s ‘Lifetime of self-sacrifice and deep dedication’
- 04/27/2012 UFW reacts to U.S. Labor Dept. decision to withdraw proposed regulations aimed at protecting youth working on U.S. farms
- 04/24/2012 Lawmakers join tomato workers on 2nd day of vigil pushing ALRB for ruling 23 years after vote for UFW
- 04/23/2012 5 p.m. Monday in Greenfield, CA (Monterey County): Vigil on 19th anniversary of Cesar Chavez’s death two days before U.S. high court hears arguments over SB 1070
- 04/20/2012 Tomato workers’ daily vigil tells ALRB: ‘After 23 years of waiting, we want what we’re owed now’
- 04/20/2012 Saturday, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday in Phoenix: Four days of SB 1070 protests around three milestones
- 03/29/2012 Butler heat bill would make it easier for farm workers to protect themselves after state, courts fail to protect them
- 03/29/2012 Santa Rosa residents honor Cesar Chavez with march celebrating United Farm Workers’ 50th Anniversary
- 03/29/2012 Oxnard residents honor Cesar Chavez with march and mass celebrating United Farm Workers’ 50th Anniversary
- 03/28/2012 White House Highlights Rogelio Lona as a Cesar Chavez “Champion of Change”
- 03/25/2012 Department of Labor Press Release: Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis to induct pioneers of the farm worker movement into Labor Hall of Honor on March 26 in Washington
- 03/21/2012 UFW bill lets farm workers enforce heat death prevention rules since state hasn’t
- 03/15/2012 UFW asks: What did you do with the farm workers? Help capture history—yours!—through a novel interactive web site
- 03/08/2012 UFW Foundation Announces Open House in Los Angeles, celebrating the 50 year legacy of Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers
- 02/23/2012 Father McDonnell introduced a young Cesar Chavez to social justice teachings
- 02/21/2012 60,000+ to New Chief Pesticide Regulator: Ban Methyl Iodide & Help Farmers Transition As Your First Priority In Office