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|News Releases
- 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
- 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