United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 07/24/2008 Fines aren’t enough. There must be criminal prosecution in the death of 17-year old heat victim
- 07/09/2008 Heat Claims Life of Second Farm Worker in Past Month – Santa Maria man died while working in 110 degree heat
- 07/04/2008 License Reinstatement Slap in the Face to the Memory of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez
- 06/20/2008 UFW Condemns Firing of Doroteo Jimenez
- 06/17/2008 Wrongful Death Lawsuit to be Filed on Behalf of Family of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez
- 06/14/2008 United Farm Workers Endorses Sen. Obama
- 06/04/2008 Remarks by Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, Honoring Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, June 4, 2008—State Capitol, Sacramento
- 06/02/2008 Day 2: Peregrinacion for the Fallen Farm Worker
- 05/30/2008 Four-day Lodi to State Capitol Farm Worker Peregrinacion in Honor of Teen and Other Workers Who Have Died From Heat
- 05/28/2008 Memorial Service for 17-Year-Old Farm Worker; First Heat-Related Death This Year
- 05/28/2008 Remarks by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez at Funeral Services for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, a 17-Year Old Farm Worker Who Died Due to the Heat
- 05/20/2008 Farm workers praying for Senator Kennedy’s recovery
- 05/15/2008 Emergency Relief Act passes Senate Committee
- 04/25/2008 Victory: Pea Workers Return to Job Following Two-Day Strike
- 04/07/2008 Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
- 04/04/2008 Nearly two years after being fired, Charles Krug-Mondavi workers back on job and have new contract
- 03/29/2008 Los Angeles: Thousands to walk to honor Cesar Chavez on the 81st anniversary of his birth
- 03/27/2008 United Farm Workers launch Black Eagle Wines
- 03/27/2008 Top Vegetable Grower Retaliates Against Worker for Speaking Up
- 03/25/2008 Inaugural Event in Delano to Celebrate Life and Legacy of Cesar E. Chavez
- 03/13/2008 Fresno Co. Grower Brings in Foreign Workers, Despite Availability of U.S. Workers
- 02/25/2008 Two retired farm workers to get more than $30,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 02/22/2008 Funeral Arrangements and Obituary for Long Time UFW Activist Edward (“Eddie”) Cuellar
- 02/07/2008 Bush Administration H2A Proposal is Nothing More Than Gutting of Existing Worker Protections
- 02/01/2008 Saturday at Cal State Los Angeles: Hundreds of Farm Workers to Attend Rally for Hillary Clinton