United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 02/10/2010 Change to Win Statement on the U.S. Senate’s Failure to Debate the onfirmation of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board
- 02/08/2010 UFW and nation’s ag leaders pushing for immigration reform meet with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
- 01/28/2010 President Obama urges lawmakers to fix broken immigration system in State of the Union address
- 01/13/2010 News from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Giumarra Vineyards Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Against Farm Workers
- 01/13/2010 UFW: Stop Texas from erasing Cesar Chavez and all Hispanics from school textbooks
- 01/12/2010 Diverse Communities in Central Valley, CA Come Together and Join 50 State Strategy of the National Campaign to Reform Immigration FOR America
- 12/22/2009 Statement from the Farm Worker Movement: Mourning the passing of Jon Lewis, who captured the images and devotion of 1960s grape strikers
- 12/17/2009 Statement from UFW President Arturo Rodriguez from panel to discuss the immigrant story
- 12/17/2009 Panel to discuss the immigrant story, contributions after Secretary Of Labor Solis’ announcement on immigration Wednesday
- 12/14/2009 UFW’s AgJobs measure expected to be part of comprehensive immigration reform bill to be introduced by Rep. Gutierrez
- 12/10/2009 AgJOBS farmworker immigration bill receives support during Senate hearing
- 11/19/2009 UFW and Rep. Gutierrez: The Time is Now. Immigration Reform in 2010 – Farm worker movement joined with more than 60,000 Americans in 45 States
- 11/19/2009 More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Comprehensive Immigration Reform – Demonstration of Organizational Might Shows Americans Committed to Passing Immigration Reform this Year
- 11/18/2009 UFW, farm workers gather to take part in U.S. Rep. Gutierrez’s live telephone update about status of immigration reform legislation
- 11/16/2009 Cal-OSHA fails to issue citations despite violations to heat illness laws
- 11/06/2009 Community groups welcome proposal for new pesticide buffer zones around schools in Kern County
- 10/26/2009 Photographer George Ballis, who chronicled the UFW, is gravely ill
- 10/22/2009 Thousands Ask Giumarra to Stop Retaliation Tactics Against Workers – More than 35,000 signatures gathered during online petition against Ag giant
- 10/14/2009 Farm Workers and Allies Ask Gov’t to Protect Kids From Toxic Pesticide Drift : Petition to EPA includes immediate no-spray buffer zones around homes, schools, day care centers for most toxic pesticides
- 10/13/2009 UFW Foundation Joins Rally For Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Congressman Luis Gutierrez outlines principles for future bill
- 09/23/2009 UFW SUPPORTS NATIONAL BACK TO SCHOOL DREAM ACT DAY OF ACTION
- 09/17/2009 Farm Workers Express Gratitude for Mary Travers’ Life
- 09/04/2009 Courage Campaign Press Release: “How many more workers have to die?” – Courage Campaign and United Farm Workers call on gubernatorial candidates to pledge support for pro-worker bill; new video shows the human cost of Schwarzenegger’s veto
- 09/04/2009 Why Farm Workers Have No Reason To Celebrate Labor Day?
- 09/03/2009 Labor Department Proposed Roll Back to Bush-era Regulations First Step to Addressing Nation’s Agriculture Labor Supply Issues