United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 04/13/2011 Summary of Testimony: Bruce Goldstein, President, Farmworker Justice, before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement April 13, 2011
- 04/13/2011 UFW Written Statement on House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Hearing on “The H-2A Visa Program – Meeting the Growing Needs of American Agriculture?”
- 04/03/2011 Eulogy by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez at the Memorial Service for Andy Imutan
- 03/31/2011 Calif. State Senate approves Steinberg bill that would make it easier for farm workers to protect themselves
- 03/31/2011 Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation and United Farm Workers Release Groundbreaking Report on U.S. Farm Labor
- 03/30/2011 600 students honor Cesar Chavez on his birthday with a ‘Day of Service’ where he lived, worked and is buried
- 03/29/2011 Farm workers travel to D.C. to formally invite President Obama to the UFW’s 50th anniversary convention
- 03/24/2011 Hundreds to march in Greenfield honoring Cesar Chavez’s legacy by demanding fair treatment for farm workers, good jobs and respect in their communities
- 03/24/2011 THOUSANDS TO MARCH IN LOS ANGELES TO DEMAND GOOD JOBS, RALLY TO PROTECT THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH WISCONSIN WORKERS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH
- 03/15/2011 Steinberg bill makes it easier for farm workers to protect themselves after state, courts fail to protect them
- 03/09/2011 Statement from Maria Isabel Vazquez Jimenez’s uncle Doroteo Jimenez from March 9, 2011 sentancing hearing
- 03/09/2011 UFW President Arturo Rodriguez: ‘Needless tragedies will continue’ so long as government fails to protect farm workers
- 03/09/2011 9 a.m. Wednesday at Stockton courthouse – Family, clergy, UFW president at hearing over plea deal in death of teen farm worker
- 03/08/2011 Monday & Tuesday at Stockton courthouse – Family, clergy, UFW president at two-day vigil protesting plea deal in death of teen farm worker
- 03/07/2011 Tuesday, March 8, at 10:30 a.m. – UFW, clergy and community gather for vigil and on-line petition in death of 17-year-old farm worker girl
- 03/07/2011 Tuesday, March 8, at 5 p.m. – Vigil to protest plea deal in death of teen farm worker brings farm workers, Oaxacan community together in Greenfield
- 03/07/2011 San Jose State University students gather for on-line petition in death of 17-year old farm worker girl
- 03/07/2011 Fresno State students, professors gather for Day of Action in death of 17-year old farm worker girl
- 03/02/2011 Mourning the passing of heroic Filipino American farm labor pioneer Andy Imutan
- 03/01/2011 Family of teen farm worker heat death victim, Oaxacan community & UFW demand local Judge dismiss felony plea bargain deal
- 02/16/2011 Hundreds join U.S. Interior Secretary Salazar, UFW president and Chavez family in dedicating Delano’s ‘Forty Acres’ as a National Historic Landmark
- 02/09/2011 Family of teen heat stroke death victim launching campaign to demand judge reject plea bargain deal
- 02/03/2011 Ruby Ridge Dairy workers and Supporters protest at Northwest Farm Credit Services Annual Stockholder Meeting
- 01/26/2011 United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez issued the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union address.
- 01/26/2011 Honor the first Korematsu Day, Jan. 30