United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 05/31/2000 Hearing with state pesticide chief into plight of Earlimart victims from 11/3 mass poisoning incident
- 05/30/2000 Farm worker sit ins protest Assemblymembers Flores & Reyes ‘betrayal’ over key bill to end ‘worst abuses’
- 05/30/2000 Farm worker sit ins protest Assemblyman’s Calderons’ ‘betrayal’ over key bill to end ‘worst abuses’
- 05/30/2000 UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta details Gallo farm labor contractor abuses of vineyard workers in Sonoma County
- 05/08/2000 UFW Pres. Rodriguez, 200 farm workers lobby Monday at Capitol for minimum disability benefits
- 05/05/2000 Petaluma nursery workers vote for UFW on ‘Cinco de Mayo’
- 05/05/2000 UFW wins first major stake in California strawberry industry at Coastal Berry Co.
- 05/03/2000 Some 200 farm workers Wednesday urge passage of contractor bill
- 04/29/2000 Thousands of school kids join families honoring Cesar Chavez’s legacy 7 years after his passing with 2nd L.A. Walk-a-thon
- 04/06/2000 Chavez family and UFW leader join Senator Polonco to unveil additions to Cesar Chavez holiday bill
- 03/31/2000 As his birthday nears, school kids learn about Cesar Chavez as speakers fan out across greater Los Angeles area
- 03/16/2000 UFW expresses gratitude for Mayor Serna’s $120,000 gift
- 02/24/2000 In historic event, UFW & grower groups join forces for first time to back Prop. 13
- 02/15/2000 Earlimart pesticide victims appear before officials who have failed to meet with them
- 01/31/2000 Chavez holiday bill wins approval from Key CA senate panel
- 01/20/2000 Campaign for Cesar Chavez holiday picks up support
- 01/15/2000 Farm workers remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- 12/22/1999 One of six big Vons trucks with holiday food heads for needy citrus worker families in Fresno County
- 12/08/1999 Pact with Anderson Vineyards is UFW’s first Mendocino County contract: Union-label Champagne for the new Millennium now available
- 12/08/1999 Earlimart pesticide victims bring appeal for change to top Tulare County officials
- 11/13/1999 UFW: Earlimart poisoning shows need for greater scrutiny of toxic pesticides
- 11/08/1999 Statement from Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO at March for Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
- 11/08/1999 Farm workers mourn Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
- 11/06/1999 Hundreds rally in L.A. for drive to make Cesar Chavez’s birthday a paid state holiday
- 11/01/1999 Graham-Smith guest worker plan a ‘cruel hoax’ on farm workers