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News and Events
- 03/06/2015 WLRN (FL): What’s it like to be a migrant farmworker? One anthropologist lived and worked alongside them
- 03/06/2015 Gerawan workers protest inaction over company violation of pesticide laws in 2013
- 03/05/2015 Pacific Standard: Pesticide Drift and the Politics of Scale in California’s Central Valley
- 03/04/2015 Year after supporting Minuteman for governor, Gerawan Farms pays for ‘No more Mexicans’ smear against Herb Wesson
- 03/03/2015 VOXXI: Racism plays dirty politics in Los Angeles council elections
- 03/01/2015 Newswise: Smithsonian Snapshot: Remembering an American Labor Rights Leader
- 02/28/2015 Fresno Bee (CA): Mark Arax: A question of destiny, an answer found in the fields of McFarland
- 02/27/2015 The Orion (CA): Chico State professor receives human rights award
- 02/27/2015 Los Angeles Times: L.A. City Council president blasts ‘smear’ mailers by Fresno grower
- 02/26/2015 Workers World: March condemns killing of immigrant worker by cops
- 02/26/2015 Latin Post: Immigration Reform News Update: Obama Meets with Latino, Immigrants Rights Advocates for Private Meeting
- 02/26/2015 Farm worker movement joins legislators and veterans at state Capitol urging removal of Sacramento swastika display
- 02/25/2015 UFW member Raul Esparza de la Paz amongDreamers, immigrant rights activists joining President Obama for town hall in Miami, FL
- 02/25/2015 Today on Telemundo/MSNBC:UFW member Raul Esparza de la Paz to be among Dreamers, Immigrant Rights Activists from Across the Nation to Join President Obama for Historic Town Hall in Miami, FL
- 02/25/2015 Community Impact Newspaper: Exhibit on life and work of labor leader Cesar Chavez
- 02/25/2015 Storify – MSNBC: Obama’s immigration town hall: The scene on the ground (with images, tweets)
- 02/24/2015 Dreamers, Immigrant Activists from Across the Country Join President Obama for Historic Town Hall in Miami, FL
- 02/24/2015 Capital Press (WA): Washington AG backs separate rest pay for piece-rate workers
- 02/23/2015 PRI: I tried to push away memories of farm work, but shopping for food brings them back
- 02/22/2015 McFarland cross country team and the United Farm Workers
- 02/20/2015 The Hill: Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs
- 02/19/2015 Cal OSHA: FLASH REPORT! Heat Illness Changes Approved – It’s Training Time
- 02/19/2015 Eureka Times Standard (CA): ‘Arte para la Raza’ at First Street Gallery features Royal Chicano Air Force
- 02/19/2015 KGBT-TV (TX): Advocacy group kicks off first day of 40-day fast after judge’s ruling
- 02/18/2015 Huffington Post: L.A. School Board Tells Giant Grower to Honor Its Workers’ UFW Contract