United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 01/30/2009 UFW President Applauds Creation Of White House Task Force Focused On Middle Class Working Families
- 01/21/2009 Bush’s midnight guest worker ruling still in effect
- 01/19/2009 Three farm workers from California’s Central Coast at Washington D.C. to witness President-elect Barack Obama take his presidential oath of office.
- 01/19/2009 STATEMENT BY UFW AND PCUN ON U.S. DISTRICT COURT DECISION TO DENY TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION CHANGES TO H-2A GUESTWORKER VISA PROGRAM
- 01/14/2009 Lawsuit Filed to Overturn Bush Administration Changes to H-2A Guestworker Visa Program
- 12/19/2008 UFW applauds Obama’s pick for Secretary of Labor
- 12/18/2008 The Farm Worker Movement Mourns the Passing of Good Friend and Activist Shelley Davis
- 12/10/2008 UFW: LAST DITCH BID BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION WILL LOWER FARM WORKER WAGES AND HELP GROWERS REPLACE DOMESTIC WORKERS WITH FOREIGN LABORERS
- 12/09/2008 Female Workers Speak About $1.68 Million Settlement Reached in One of Largest Sex Discrimination Cases against San Joaquin Valley Grape Grower
- 12/04/2008 $1.68 Million Settlement reached in Sex Discrimination Case Against Tulare County Grape Grower – A Victory For All Female Workers
- 11/04/2008 UFW Congratulates President-elect Barack Obama
- 10/15/2008 UFW and Community Leaders Take a Stand Against Prop 11
- 10/01/2008 Statement of Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez on Veto of AB 2386, Secret Ballot for Farmworkers Bill
- 10/01/2008 UFW Statement on Veto of AB 2386
- 09/07/2008 UFW Foundation Immigration Project Opens in Salinas with a Naturalization Event
- 08/28/2008 UFW to Unveil New, Multilingual Website on Labor Day Weekend
- 08/27/2008 The WSLC, United Farm Workers Blast Effort to Pass State Guestworker Program
- 08/22/2008 Hillary Clinton, Bobby Kennedy Jr. headline UFW convention’s push for Obama; Organizing plus state labor and U.S. immigration reforms are also central themes
- 08/21/2008 Complaint Filed on Behalf of H2A Workers in Sacramento, Co.
- 08/15/2008 More than 700 Farm Workers will Lobby State Legislators
- 08/08/2008 Coachella Valley Farm Worker Latest Victim to Succumb to Probable Heat-Related Causes
- 08/07/2008 Funeral Arrangements for Jorge Herrera, 5th farm worker to die this year due to heat
- 08/01/2008 Heatstroke Claims Life of 14th Farm Worker; Jorge Herrera Had Been Hospitalized Since July 9
- 07/28/2008 EPA Under Fire For Flawed Pesticide Decisions
- 07/24/2008 Lawsuit Asks EPA to End Use of Hazardous Pesticide in USA