United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 04/14/2009 CHANGE TO WIN AND AFL-CIO UNVEIL UNIFIED IMMIGRATION REFORM FRAMEWORK
- 04/07/2009 Mourning the passing of farm worker champion Jerome Waldie
- 04/05/2009 Thousands in the San Joaquin Valley honor Cesar Chavez by marching for immigration reform
- 04/04/2009 Thousands to walk to celebrate Cesar Chavez’s 82nd anniversary of his birth
- 04/03/2009 United Farm Workers Laments NY Massacre; Mourns Killings
- 04/03/2009 Thousands in two states honor Cesar Chavez by marching for immigration reform
- 03/31/2009 White House Press Release: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT TO COMMEMORATE CESAR CHAVEZ’S BIRTHDAY
- 03/31/2009 White House Press Release: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT TO COMMEMORATE CESAR CHAVEZ’S BIRTHDAY
- 03/30/2009 Cesar Chavez’s longtime aide and spokesman at Consumnes River College & Genevieve Didion K-8 school for UFW founder’s birthday
- 03/30/2009 Nearly 300 students honor Cesar Chavez on his birthday with a ‘Day of Service’ at his gravesite
- 03/29/2009 UFW Celebrates Cesar Chavez’s Legacy with a March in Santa Rosa Focusing on U.S. Immigration Reform
- 03/28/2009 UFW Celebrates Cesar Chavez’s Legacy with a March in Hermiston, Oregon Focusing on U.S. Immigration Reform
- 03/27/2009 Appointee to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board Sharon Runner Steps Down
- 03/25/2009 Local Elected Officials Join UFW March in Gonzales to Celebrate Cesar E. Chavez’s Legacy and Immigration Reform Efforts
- 03/23/2009 UFW Kicks Off Cesar Chavez’s Celebrations with Marches throughout Central Coast; Launches Immigration Reform Campaign
- 03/13/2009 U.S. Labor Department Proposes 9-month Suspension to Bush’s Midnight Guest Worker Ruling
- 03/13/2009 United Farm Workers Statement on Gov. Schwarzenegger’s State Heat Illness Prevention Campaign
- 03/11/2009 Judiciary Chairman Conyers Announces Investigative Hearings of Sheriff Joe Arpaio; National and Local Leaders Deliver Petitions to Justice Department
- 03/04/2009 UFW Helps Lamont Farm Workers to Finially Receive $50,000 Settlement Money
- 02/27/2009 UFW blasts governor’s appointment of ex-lawmaker who opposed farm worker heat protections; union calls on Senate to quickly take up and reject Runner nomination
- 02/27/2009 Proposed changes to Cal-OSHA Undermine Current Heat Regulations
- 02/24/2009 Secretary of Labor Solis Embodies The Change America Voted For
- 02/12/2009 Statement issued by UFW President Arturo Rodriguez after Senate committee’s approval of Rep. Hilda Solis as President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Labor.
- 02/10/2009 Monterey County Farm Labor Firm Seeks Foreign Workers; Fails to Hire Domestic Workers
- 02/06/2009 United Farm Workers Outraged By Racist Comments