United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 11/01/1999 UFW at town hall forum on bill deleting legal residency demand for obtaining driver’s licenses
- 09/10/1999 Pact with Charles Krug-Mondavi is the UFW’s third Napa Valley wine contract
- 08/22/1999 Mass organized by UFW, community groups honors 13 farm workers killed in Aug. 9 crash, calls for action on reform bill
- 08/16/1999 L.A. services mark one week since 13 farm workers died in Fresno van crash; Huerta helps collect signatures for reform bill
- 08/12/1999 UFW, attorneys for crash victim families say state and U.S. laws fail to protect farm workers; lawsuit being filed over Monday’s accident
- 08/09/1999 Tragedies will continue until growers held accountable for farm labor systems
- 07/20/1999 Florida’s largest mushroom producer signs contract with United Farm Workers
- 05/31/1999 Manuel Chavez: Older brother of late UFW leader Cesar Chavez dies after battle with pancreatic cancer
- 05/24/1999 Coastal Berry pickers vote Tuesday in Oxnard,Wednesday in Monterey & Santa Cruz counties
- 05/19/1999 As strawberry pickers prepare to vote in a new election, 20 berry growers and groups settle UFW suits over illegally funding ‘worker committees’
- 04/30/1999 Cesar Chavez’s legacy: 2,000 retired farm workers or spouses, some moved to tears, each receive up to $1,000 in bonuses from UFW-grower pension plan
- 04/27/1999 Governor Davis announces opening of Chavez-Kennedy tribute
- 04/18/1999 Salinas: Six years after his death, Cesar Chavez’s followers honor the legendary UFW founder by marching to continue his legacy and work
- 04/17/1999 L.A.: Six years after his death, Cesar Chavez’s followers honor the legendary UFW founder by marching to continue his legacy and work
- 04/17/1999 N.Y.: Six years after his death, Cesar Chavez’s followers honor the legendary UFW founder by marching for strawberry worker rights
- 04/13/1999 Senate Committee Supports New California Holiday In Honor of Cesar Chavez
- 03/31/1999 Leaders from labor, politics & entertainment mark Cesar Chavez’s birthday by passing the UFW founder’s legacy on to next generation
- 03/31/1999 UFW founder’s March 31 birthday marked as Caltrans chief Jose Medina, Dolores Huerta and farm worker supporters unveil Cesar Chavez Street signs on 101
- 03/29/1999 Cesar Chavez’s son marks UFW founder’s birthday by discussing what happened to the movement in the six years since his father’s death
- 03/29/1999 Lofgren Backs Movement to Designate March 31st a Federal Holiday in Honor of Cesar Chavez
- 03/18/1999 Biggest food giveaway in Tulare County as 1,500 citrus worker families receive aid through UFW & USDA
- 02/11/1999 First of six 18-wheel Vons trucks with food and baby supplies heads from L.A. store to stricken Valley citrus belt
- 02/09/1999 UFW: Stricken citrus workers awaiting relief from President Clinton’s disaster declaration
- 02/02/1999 State Health & Welfare Secretary Grantland Johnson, Deputy Assistant of the U.S. Department of Labor Theodore Mastroianni, other top state & U.S. officials to hear relief appeals from 400 citrus workers
- 01/21/1999 UFW hands out 10 tons of food to rural farm worker freeze victims underserved by relief efforts