United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 08/29/2011 Unveiling plans at 11 a.m. today in Bakersfield: Hundreds of Kern County farm workers, supporters joining finale of 200-mile march to Sacramento
- 08/28/2011 Farm worker march half-way to Sacramento. Some 300 joined 13-day, 200-mile pilgrimage Saturday in Modesto
- 08/27/2011 Hundreds of Farm Workers Arrive in Ceres Today to Join “Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now March”
- 08/26/2011 Rebuffing Delay for Justice, “Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now” March Draws New Faces
- 08/25/2011 Revved Up By Miles of Support, ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’ March Continues to Sacramento
- 08/25/2011 Dozens of Central Coast farm workers and supporters join the 200-mile ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’ march to Sacramento
- 08/25/2011 Appointment of ALRB General Counsel falls short of addressing farm workers’ plight
- 08/25/2011 “Smoking Gun” Documents Show Science Ignored in Approval of Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide. Documents from court case detail political interference in decision to approve chemical.
- 08/24/2011 Heading North: 13-Day, 200-Mile Pilgrimage to Sacramento Enters Second Day, With Marching Farm Workers United in Fight for Fair Treatment Now
- 08/23/2011 Easier path to union membership and overtime among goals of 13-day farm worker’s pilgrimage
- 08/20/2011 Farm workers begin a 167-mile pilgrimage up Central Valley to State Capitol demanding ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’
- 08/19/2011 The United Farm Workers will honor children of worker families for their academic success and dedication to community service in the first of several scholarship award ceremonies in California and the Pacific Northwest.
- 08/04/2011 FERNANDO CHAVEZ: RICHARD CHAVEZ EULOGY. 8/1/11, 40 ACRES
- 07/27/2011 Richard Chavez, 81, Cesar’s younger brother, helped build the UFW from its earliest days
- 07/25/2011 Union President Vows Fight for Additional Legislation To Help Students
- 07/25/2011 UFW responds to news that Jerry Brown will sign Dream Act bill
- 07/13/2011 12 noon on Wednesday, July 13: Farm workers deliver ‘Certificate of Grower Appreciation’ to Gov. Brown for vetoing SB 104
- 06/30/2011 Oranges of Wrath in State Capitol Protest
- 06/29/2011 Governor vetoed bill aimed at protecting farm workers from employer intimidation during union elections
- 06/28/2011 TIME RUNNING OUT FOR GOV. BROWN TO SIGN FAIR TREATMENT FOR FARM WORKERS ACT
- 06/28/2011 7 a.m. to 12 midnight, Tuesday, June 28 1,000 farm workers at state Capitol all day for rallies, vigils, prayer services
- 06/27/2011 GOVERNOR SKIPS ANOTHER MEETING WITH FARM WORKERS, PROMPTING BIG QUESTION FROM FARM LABORER’S SON
- 06/26/2011 Growers’ blatant lies on SB 104 refuted by Cesar Chavez’s family and farm workers who knew him –By Edgar Sanchez Special to the UFW
- 06/26/2011 12 noon, Monday, June 27: Farm worker delegation will deliver petitions with 60,000-plus names to Gov. Brown for farm worker reform legislation
- 06/24/2011 12:30 p.m. Friday on Capitol’s north steps: Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez’s brother back SB 104; Mayor Villaraigosa, elected officials from across state support campaign, urge governor’s signature