UFW calls for boycott of Windmill Mushrooms
News Releases
- 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
- 02/17/2012 UNITED FARM WORKERS NAME CO-CHAIRS TO JOIN 50 YEAR CELEBRATION OF ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY CESAR CHAVEZ
- 02/15/2012 Monterey County supervisors join Santa Cruz County board by voting 4-1 to back methyl iodide ban
- 02/14/2012 Dozens of farm workers ask Monterey County Board of Supervisors to back statewide ban of methyl iodide
- 02/02/2012 The UFW asks how growers and businesses can object to being made to obey labor laws
- 01/24/2012 Remembering Nan Freeman 40 years after the young Jewish woman gave her life for farm workers
- 01/10/2012 Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m.: United Farm Workers offers early endorsement of President Obama with L.A. rally – Event kicks off series of union planned events across the country backing Obama’s re-election
- 01/06/2012 The UFW Foundation applauds the Obama administrations proposed processing changes to USCIS’s waiver of inadmissibility requirements for the immediate family members of US citizens
- 12/15/2011 Statement by UFW Foundation’ Executive Director, Diana Tellefson Torres regarding the Department of Justice Report on Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
- 12/04/2011 Statement from the Farm Worker Movement: Remembering farm worker champion David Burciaga
- 11/16/2011 Coachella student received the UFW’s ‘Si Se Puede’ scholarship for her academic success and community service
- 10/20/2011 6:30 p.m. at ‘Forty Acres’ in Delano: National Park Service hearing to solicit public input on results of Cesar Chavez historical sites study
- 10/13/2011 TEDxFruitvale Conference to Focus on Farmworkers, Social Justice Movements, and Socially Responsible Business
- 10/10/2011 Governor signs bill to protect farm workers’ right to unionize
- 10/04/2011 UFW President testified in Washington, DC. Hearing entitled “America’s Agricultural Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution”
- 10/03/2011 Rural non-profits can now apply for grants: U.S. awards Cesar Chavez Foundation coveted $375,000 award to fund Dr. King days of service
- 09/30/2011 Dozens protest Republican proposal to bring hundreds of thousands of laborers through new guest worker program
- 09/27/2011 Spanish-Language Media Campaign Highlights Hypocrisy of GOP Jobs and Immigration Bill
- 09/15/2011 UFW Foundation presents informational citizenship workshop in Bakersfield
- 09/15/2011 AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Announces Addition of Chavez Home to National Register of Historic Places
- 09/03/2011 UFW News Release: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 3, 2011 Deal could make it easier for farmworkers to unionize
- 09/02/2011 Farm worker march on Capitol Sunday is largest Labor Day weekend event in California. Governor’s proposal incorporated into Steinberg bill
- 09/01/2011 7:30-8:30 a.m. Thursday in Galt: Lawmakers join farm worker march to Sacramento