United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 07/17/2005 1,000-plus farm workers, supporters march for “No Gallo!” 4 days before contract talks resume
- 06/23/2005 UFW backs AB 19; Chavez granddaughter links Gallo boycott and gay marriage fights
- 06/14/2005 NEW GALLO BOYCOTT KICKOFF MEDIA PACKET
- 06/14/2005 UFW response to ALRB complaint against UFW issued June 14, 2005, the same day the Gallo wine boycott was declared
- 05/07/2005 Farm Workers Mourn Miguel Contreras
- 04/22/2005 Farm workers, activists march for AgJobs bill after U.S. Senate vote shows majority backing
- 04/19/2005 UFW: ‘solid bipartisan support’ for AgJobs in Senate
- 04/12/2005 100 travel from Salinas to deliver petitions to state Capitol urging ‘save our libraries’ in John Steinbeck’s blue-collar home town
- 04/04/2005 Statement Upon the Passing of Pope John Paul II From the Farm Workers Movement
- 04/02/2005 Thousands walk to honor Cesar Chavez
- 03/29/2005 Chavez granddaughter, Councilman McCarty join Hiram Johnson high schoolers at a noontime rally/fast urging governor to preserve farm worker lunch breaks
- 03/28/2005 Farmworkers Call For Changes To State Unemployment System: Drought Makes Matter Critical!
- 03/24/2005 UFW stands with Florida ag chief appointed by Gov. Bush embracing AgJobs immigration reform bill
- 03/17/2005 U.S. farm labor unions protect guest workers, push immigration changes before Bush-Fox meeting in Texas
- 03/17/2005 Community activists denounce pending election reform legislation that could disenfranchise Latinos voters
- 03/17/2005 UFW applauds Senate Democrats for killing bill exempting most state growers from health and safety inspections
- 03/10/2005 Hundreds protest Gallo of Sonoma by forming ¡®human billboard’ along Santa Monica Blvd.
- 02/10/2005 Statement by United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez from Capitol Hill news conference announcing the reintroduction of the AgJobs immigration reform bill
- 02/10/2005 UFW helps reintroduce historic AgJobs bill with events in D.C., California, Texas and Washington state
- 11/09/2004 Retired farm worker to get more than $11,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 10/24/2004 Oregon and Florida farm workers join in protest of work place abuses
- 09/24/2004 Thursday & Friday in Bakersfield & Fresno: Farm workers hold candlelight vigils for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush
- 09/24/2004 Women File Lawsuit Against State’s Largest Dairy for Sex Discrimination Denounce Taxpayer Support for Discriminatory Employer
- 09/20/2004 Monday to Friday, Greenfield to Watsonville: Farm workers fast for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush
- 09/17/2004 Friday in Madera: Farm workers march for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush