United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 08/21/2002 Hollywood heavyweights urge Gov. Davis to sign SB 1736; lawmakers march Thurs.
- 08/19/2002 March details for Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday-More than two dozen lawmakers join farm workers’ Capitol fast Monday
- 08/16/2002 March details for Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday: Sen. Ortiz, Villaraigosa march Saturday, Salinas Valley workers, Lt. Gov. on trek Sunday, Lawmakers join Capitol fast Monday
- 08/15/2002 Farm workers ‘March for the Governor’s Signature’ kicks off from Merced to Sacramento; other workers fast at Capitol
- 08/15/2002 Route set for ‘March for the Governor’s Signature’ from Merced to Sacramento
- 08/11/2002 Former Gov. Lowry, Rep. Kenney join Seattle UFW supporters in Yakima as part of national drive for immigrant reform rewarding work
- 08/08/2002 Farm workers who have waited years for contracts begin Capitol vigil as Senate sends binding arbitration bill to Davis
- 08/05/2002 Assembly votes on landmark farm labor bill as more than 100 farm workers pack gallery, then march to see Gov. Davis
- 08/04/2002 UFW Pres. Rodriguez joins hundreds of farm workers marching for major U.S. drive for immigration reform rewarding work
- 07/28/2002 UFW Pres. Rodriguez & Mexican Consul Gen. Madrazo at festival to push major drive for immigration reform rewarding work
- 07/13/2002 Coachella farm workers, Latino activists will push legalization for immigrants
- 07/12/2002 Retired grape picker to get pension check for more than $13,000; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 07/11/2002 Retired rose worker will get pension check for $8,700; UFW appeals to farm workers who may not know they qualify
- 07/08/2002 Retired farm worker to get pension check for more than $17,000; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 06/26/2002 Judge finds Pictsweet guilty of bad-faith bargaining, boosts case for bill giving farm workers binding arbitration in contract talks
- 06/12/2002 Groups join hundreds of ex-braceros to back a bill banning U.S. and Mexican governments from denying them their money
- 05/31/2002 Leaders of national religious group gather in Ventura to back Picksweet mushroom workers
- 05/21/2002 Retired farm workers to get more than $21,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 05/15/2002 Nationwide Campaign to Raise A Million Voices for the Legalization of Hardworking Immigrant Families
- 05/02/2002 UFW mourns Msgr. George Higgins, one of Cesar Chavez’s ‘greatest champions’
- 04/28/2002 Hundreds join farm worker march in Oxnard to honor Chavez and vow to continue his work
- 04/23/2002 Nine years after his death, Cesar Chavez rose planting at Capitol kicks off drive by UFW to fix ‘flawed’ farm labor law
- 04/07/2002 Thousands walk in L.A. to honor Cesar Chavez & 40th anniversary of the union he founded
- 04/01/2002 United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO Tout Victory for Worker Protections on Chavez Day
- 03/27/2002 U.S. high court annuls labor laws, creates ‘permanent underclass of semi-slave laborers,’ sparks anti-GOP anger by Latinos