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News and Events
- 11/06/2000 UFW ‘human billboard’ line spurs Latino get-out-the-vote in Glendale for Gore, other Democratic candidates
- 11/06/2000 Associated Press: 1 Gravely ill UFW organizer Dolores Huerta urges turnout
- 11/06/2000 50-car farm worker caravan to election eve Latino get-out-the-vote rally in Bakersfield
- 11/06/2000 Honor Dolores Huerta by getting out the vote for Gore and other Democratic candidates, Huerta family asks
- 11/05/2000 Latino recording stars join UFW get- out-the-vote rally for Gore & Salinas
- 11/01/2000 San Diego Union Tribune – 1 Farm workers claim grower violated laws on hiring, pay -Lawsuit alleges they were displaced by foreign help
- 11/01/2000 Associated Press: 1 UFW co-founder remains in critical condition after surgery
- 11/01/2000 San Francisco Chronicle: 1 Dolores Huerta Listed as Critical After Operation UFW co-founder fights bleeding after surgery
- 10/31/2000 Bakersfield Californian : Huerta Fighting to Recover: Next 48 Hours Critical for Latino Labor Icon in Critical Condition After Heart Surgery
- 10/31/2000 Associated Press: UFW co-founder in critical condition from internal bleeding
- 10/31/2000 UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta condition remains critical after surgery in Bakersfield hospital (w/updates)
- 10/27/2000 Ventura County Star: Pictsweet to face labor charges-Agricultural Labor Relations Board complaint cites tactics in union fight
- 10/27/2000 Sacramento Bee : Practical politics molded the legacy Serna left Sacramento
- 10/10/2000 Passing of Linda Chavez Rodriguez–daughter of Cesar Chavez, wife of current UFW president
- 10/10/2000 Associated Press : Daughter of farm labor leader Cesar Chavez dies at 49
- 10/05/2000 Associated Press: 1 Workers rally in Stockton for higher minimum wage
- 10/05/2000 More than 100 Central Valley and Central Coast farm and other low-wage workers push for minimum wage hike
- 10/05/2000 Associated Press: 1 State appeals court rejects two farmers’ arguments in labor case
- 10/03/2000 Three generations in a Latino family register to vote as UFW marks one week before deadline for Nov. 7 election
- 10/03/2000 Riverside Press Enterprise: 1 Voting becomes family affair A registration drive sponsored by the United Farm Workers brings four generations of Inland residents together.
- 09/30/2000 Ventura County Star: Groups aid laid-off Pictsweet workers -MUSHROOMS: Union, community pitch into help raise money for food as laborers wait.
- 09/30/2000 Sacramento Bee: Bill to curb farm worker abuse is vetoed
- 09/30/2000 Los Angeles Times: Davis Vetoes Pro-Labor Measures Legislation: Governor strikes down increased policing of farm worker contractors and greater unemployment benefits
- 09/29/2000 San Francisco Examiner: Growers lose court ruling on donations
- 09/27/2000 Los Angeles Times: Ralphs Stops Orders From Mushroom Farm Labor: Grocery chain becomes second to discontinue accepting Pictsweet brand due to workers’ dispute with Ventura grower