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- 11/19/2014 Fresno Bee (CA): Valley farmworkers rally at White House for immigration reform
- 11/19/2014 UFW President Arturo Rodriguez Meets with President Obama on Executive Action
- 11/19/2014 UFW members, UFWF host symbolic Thanksgiving meal in support of executive action for immigration relief; Echo events held in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oxnard, Salinas, Santa Rosa and Stockton California as well as Hermiston Oregon
- 11/18/2014 Chicagomaroon.com: Empty chairs at the dinner table: PREVENTING DEPORTATION OF FATHERS, MOTHERS, AUNTS, AND UNCLES REQUIRES EXECUTIVE ACTION
- 11/17/2014 Earth Island Journal: Pesticide Exposure Linked to Depression Among Ag Workers, Says Report
- 11/17/2014 KQED (CA): Central Valley Remembers a Crusader for Rural Health
- 11/17/2014 KCUR (CA): Migrant Farmworkers Remain Crucial To Harvest
- 11/17/2014 Ag Week: Groups sue FDA over feed additive
- 11/17/2014 Sacramento Bee: Cesar Chavez bust to be unveiled Tuesday at Sacramento namesake school
- 11/15/2014 The Ecologist: Chlorpyrifos – cause of birth defects, mental impairment – sprayed on farms across the US
- 11/15/2014 Western Producer: Environmental, health groups sue FDA over ractopamine
- 11/15/2014 Western Producer: Environmental, health groups sue FDA over ractopamine
- 11/14/2014 Sacramento Bee: Obama prepares to make correct immigration move
- 11/14/2014 Rep. Gutierrez Joins Farm Workers behind the Thanksgiving Meal to Hold Holiday Feast in front of White House Farm & Food Processing Workers Deliver Letters Calling for Executive Action
- 11/13/2014 Monterey County Weekly: An investigative report poses scary questions about Monterey County pesticide use
- 11/13/2014 New York Times: Obama Plan May Allow Millions of Immigrants to Stay and Work in U.S.
- 11/13/2014 Mint Press News: EPA Finally Updating Pesticide-Use Guidelines For Farm Workers
- 11/13/2014 Fox News: Obama to announce 10-point immigration plan via exec action as early as next week
- 11/12/2014 Upworthy.com: About 50 Years Ago, 14 Million Americans Stopped Eating Grapes — For A Very Good Reason
- 11/12/2014 National Law Journal: FDA Sued Over Approvals for Food Additives
- 11/10/2014 Sacramento Bee Opinion piece: Grover Norquist’s fingerprints
- 11/07/2014 NY Times editorial: Mr. Obama’s Moment on Immigration
- 11/05/2014 Humane Society: Humane Groups & United Farm Workers Challenge FDA Approval of Controversial Livestock Drugs
- 10/29/2014 Denver Post: Latino voter turnout to have bearing on races in Colorado
- 10/27/2014 Denver News: Caldwell: Are pollsters undercounting the Latino vote?