United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 01/19/2011 Farm workers mourn passing of Sargent Shriver
- 01/11/2011 Thousands urge Spokane lender to help end Ruby Ridge Dairy’s abuse and retaliation against workers. More than 30,000 signatures gathered during online petition
- 01/01/2011 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3: Join book signing for UFW in Sacramento with Richie Ross, Arturo Rodriguez & Darrell Steinberg
- 12/18/2010 UFW condemns Senate’s failure to pass the DREAM Act
- 12/17/2010 UFW Urges the Senate to Vote for DREAM Act
- 12/16/2010 Tostitos, Chavez foundation set up $500,000 scholarship fund for Arizona Latino students
- 12/13/2010 UFW and DREAM students make calls to legislators in anticipation of DREAM Act vote in Senate
- 12/10/2010 Congresswoman Judy Chu, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, AFL-CIO, Labor, Immigrant Rights and Student Groups Join to Urge Senate Passage of DREAM Act
- 12/08/2010 UFW hails House passage of DREAM Act
- 12/03/2010 Farm workers are still society’s canaries
- 12/01/2010 Why Congressional Action on Farm Labor Legislation Will Protect North Carolina Jobs and Economy NC Leaders Call for Action During ‘Lame Duck’
- 12/01/2010 UFW and DREAM students in Fresno call on Congress to pass AgJOBS and DREAM Act legislation this year
- 11/29/2010 UFW joins DREAM students to call on Congress to pass AgJOBS and DREAM Act legislation this year
- 11/22/2010 Interfaith groups urge grocery chain to help end abuse of indigenous farm workers at Thanksgiving prayer service
- 11/19/2010 Monday in Los Angeles: National report documents conditions of immigrant women in the U.S. food industry, highlights the need for AgJOBS
- 11/16/2010 National report documents conditions of immigrant women in the U.S. food industry, highlights the need for AgJOBS
- 11/03/2010 UFW: Jerry Brown’s victory marks ‘the end of an era’ of immigrant bashing and disrespecting the contributions of Latinos in California
- 11/02/2010 UFW President Arturo Rodriguez at Jerry Brown event in Oakland: After two-week drive by hundreds of farm workers for Brown, Boxer and other Democratic candidates
- 11/02/2010 UFW President and hundreds of farm workers walking to get-out-the-vote
- 11/01/2010 UFW President and hundreds of farm workers join gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown at get-out-the-vote rally in Salinas today
- 10/29/2010 Hundreds of farm workers rally Latino voters for Jerry Brown in Kern; gubernatorial candidate to stump in Bakersfield Saturday
- 10/28/2010 Dozens of farm workers form human billboard in San Francisco in statewide drive to turn out Latino voters – UFW rallies Latino vote for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown
- 10/21/2010 Dozens of farm workers rally Latino voters for Jerry Brown in Santa Rosa; kick off UFW statewide get-out-the-vote campaign
- 10/15/2010 UFW asks to meet with California Lt. Gov. Maldonado after reports of unsafe conditions at his farm
- 10/13/2010 Chemical Threat: Groups Call for Pesticide Ban – Consumers, Parents, Health Advocates, Farm Workers and Others Target Widely Used Pesticides Linked to Attention and Learning Problems