United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 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
- 08/31/2011 Farm workers, pesticide reform activists urge Gov. Brown to act on Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act, overtime for farm workers at eight hours and against methyl iodide during march to Sacramento
- 08/30/2011 Backstories on the farm workers’ latest pilgrimage to Sacramento
- 08/29/2011 Farm worker marchers pause at Stockton courthouse Monday to remember teen grape worker who died from the heat in 2008. Members of Maria Isavel’s family join 200-mile march