United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 09/01/2006 Two retired farm workers get more than $36,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 08/15/2006 Joint committee hearing 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Capitol: How did support for UFW at largest U.S. table grape company go from 74.5% to 48% in one week?
- 07/13/2006 A year after four valley farm workers died from extreme heat, new radio ads educate laborers about rights under state rules
- 07/05/2006 UFW: ‘Complete victory’ in binding mediation law ruling; hope for end to grower resistance in contract talks
- 06/27/2006 Grape workers demand Giumarras halt crippling and discriminatory practices
- 06/22/2006 Permanent vigil begins at Napa Valley winery by soon-to-be-fired Krug-Mondavi workers
- 06/20/2006 FARM WORKER WOMEN TO JOIN EEOC SEX BIAS SUIT AGAINST VALLEY GRAPE GROWER
- 06/15/2006 Soon-to-be fired Krug-Mondavi workers call for nationwide boycott of wine labels
- 06/15/2006 CA issues the first permanent heat regulation in the nation;
- 06/02/2006 Napa Valley wine workers ask Krug-Mondavi to avoid nationwide boycott
- 05/10/2006 UFW & coalitions that organized rural May 1 protests unveil lobbying drive to enact genuine immigration reform
- 05/01/2006 Much of California’s fresh fruit and vegetable harvest is shut down today
- 05/01/2006 Something big happening in Salinas Valley Monday
- 05/01/2006 Tens of thousands of farm workers join UFW-organized immigrant rights events in six California farm regions and in Texas
- 05/01/2006 Eight-station, three-state Radio Campesina Network drops ads for all-day coverage of immigrant rights events across U.S. & Mexico
- 04/23/2006 Thousands from Arvin to Fresno mark Cesar Chavez’s passing while marching for immigrants’ rights in Bakersfield
- 04/20/2006 UFW endorses Angelides & Westly
- 04/11/2006 Breakthrough nationwide UFW pact protecting foreign farm workers remedies abuses plaguing guest worker program
- 04/10/2006 Big turnout of farm workers, students & activists march for immigration reform on a national day of action by Latinos
- 04/09/2006 4/9/06: Big turnout of farm workers will march for immigration reform & Cesar Chavez in Oxnard as Senate debates UFW bill
- 04/03/2006 L.A. Cardinal Roger Mahony blesses new Pope John Paul II Commemorative Rose
- 04/02/2006 Thousands of farm workers march for immigration reform and Cesar Chavez in Salinas as Senate set to debate UFW bill
- 04/01/2006 Thousands walk to honor Cesar Chavez
- 03/31/2006 “César E. Chávez • A Reflection” : From the Lens of Legendary Photographer George Rodriguez
- 03/31/2006 UFW welcomes Governor to Cesar Chavez celebration, urges Schwarzenegger to embrace immigration reform