United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Releases
- 08/05/2020 Dolores Velasco kept alive the memories of her husband, UFW Filipino leader Pete Velasco, and the Manongs
- 08/05/2020 Mourning ‘tireless and humble warrior’ Carolina Holguin, lifelong UFW activist who helped make history
- 07/27/2020 After a death and quarter of work force infected by COVID-19, Primex letting go workers who complained & turned to UFW
- 07/27/2020 Remembering Richard Chavez on 9th anniversary of his passing (Nov 12, 1929-July 27, 2011)
- 07/22/2020 JEC Releases New Report on Cost of Gaps in Paid Sick Leave During the Coronavirus Crisis
- 07/18/2020 Mourning the passing of civil rights hero John R. Lewis
- 07/06/2020 Primex Farms workers will protest their company’s continuing failure to protect them from coronavirus
- 07/01/2020 A surge of COVID-19 infected Primex Farms employees while some workers say they are being recalled with positive results
- 06/29/2020 Kern Co. farm workers expose grievances as COVID-19 cases surge & Primex Farms fails to protect them
- 06/25/2020 110,000-plus meals distributed so far for farm worker families by partnership of World Central Kitchen, UFW Foundation & UFW
- 06/24/2020 UFW backs Biden: ‘elections matter’ in protecting Dreamers, achieving immigration reform, farm worker overtime pay & prevention of heat deaths in the fields
- 06/23/2020 ‘Uniquely vulnerable’ farm workers on frontline of COVID-19 deserve protections of FARM Laborers Protection Act
- 06/18/2020 UFW: Obama-Biden created DACA, Trump tried to end it, Biden & new Senate can make it permanent
- 06/17/2020 from Teresa Romero Message of Solidarity at ILWU Convention
- 06/15/2020 UFW & UFW Foundation: The LGBTQ community ‘makes our workplaces and communities stronger.’
- 06/04/2020 63,000 prepared meals & 8,000-plus food boxes distributed so far to farm worker families during COVID-19 by World Central Kitchen, UFW Foundation, United Farm Workers
- 06/02/2020 Statement from UFW President Teresa Romero: ‘We must renew our determination to take action’
- 05/28/2020 United Farm Workers Statement on Today’s Updated Washington Labor and Industry Rules
- 05/28/2020 World Central Kitchen & UFW will distribute 3,000 fresh meals to farm workers in Santa Rosa
- 05/19/2020 World Central Kitchen & UFW distribute meals for farm worker families in Greenfield
- 05/18/2020 Jorge Santana, pioneer of Latin Rock Sound, embraced Cesar Chavez & farm workers
- 05/07/2020 Madera: World Central Kitchen & farm worker movement once again distribute meals for farm worker families
- 05/06/2020 Delano: World Central Kitchen & farm worker movement once again distribute meals for farm worker families
- 04/23/2020 WA issues emergency rules on farm worker housing following lawsuit from farm worker unions
- 04/22/2020 World Central Kitchen & farm worker movement distribute meals for farm worker families