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News and Events
- 08/05/2002 Assembly votes on landmark farm labor bill as more than 100 farm workers pack gallery, then march to see Gov. Davis
- 08/05/2002 Los Angeles Times: Down-to-Earth Arbitration
- 08/04/2002 UFW Pres. Rodriguez joins hundreds of farm workers marching for major U.S. drive for immigration reform rewarding work
- 07/29/2002 Tri City Herald (WA): Rally pushes for amnesty for Mexican immigrants
- 07/28/2002 UFW Pres. Rodriguez & Mexican Consul Gen. Madrazo at festival to push major drive for immigration reform rewarding work
- 07/24/2002 Press Democtat: UFW vote at Sonoma-Cutrer certified- Labor board approves disputed election after joint agreement
- 07/23/2002 Fresno Bee:: Retired union president Salcido dies – He marched with Cesar Chavez, led Fresno group to serve workers.
- 07/21/2002 Sacramento Bee: A long wait for farm contracts: A pending bill may push growers to cut a deal, but they say it’ll ruin them
- 07/13/2002 Coachella farm workers, Latino activists will push legalization for immigrants
- 07/12/2002 Retired grape picker to get pension check for more than $13,000; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 07/11/2002 Retired rose worker will get pension check for $8,700; UFW appeals to farm workers who may not know they qualify
- 07/08/2002 Los Angeles Times: Bill Could End Impasse at Pictsweet – Unions: State legislation backed by UFW would require arbitration in farm labor disputes. Talks at the Ventura plant have stalled.
- 07/08/2002 Los Angeles Times: After a Life in the Fields, Farm Workers Looking for a Place to Call Their Own
- 07/08/2002 Retired farm worker to get pension check for more than $17,000; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 06/27/2002 Ventura County Star: Judge finds Pictsweet in violation of labor laws- Company ordered to reimburse workers and make changes
- 06/26/2002 Judge finds Pictsweet guilty of bad-faith bargaining, boosts case for bill giving farm workers binding arbitration in contract talks
- 06/13/2002 La Opinion: Farm Workers will be able to unionize themselves – State Assembly Labor Committee approved initiative yesterday
- 06/12/2002 Groups join hundreds of ex-braceros to back a bill banning U.S. and Mexican governments from denying them their money
- 06/10/2002 Los Angeles Times: Like Racehorses, Political Jockeying Costs Money
- 06/10/2002 Los Angeles Times: Dispute Over Size of UFW Is Reopened
- 06/05/2002 Fresno Bee : Spraying issue probed – Tulare County investigates reports of headaches, nausea at vineyard
- 06/03/2002 Sacramento Bee: Davis set to create new labor agency
- 06/01/2002 Salinas Californian: Not an upper hand, but an even hand at bargaining table
- 05/31/2002 Leaders of national religious group gather in Ventura to back Picksweet mushroom workers
- 05/28/2002 Associated Press: Bill would force growers into binding arbitration with unions