News – Gerawan Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link Retired farm workers to get more than $41,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify Dozens to create “human billboard” to turn out Los Angeles’ voters in support of Antonio Villaraigosa UFW helps 37 artichoke workers win more than $181,000 for unpaid work Associated Press – UFW wins right to represent NorCal strawberry workers Los Angeles Times – UFW Wins Vote at Berry Grower – After a three-year battle, the union will represent nearly 900 pickers in Watsonville. Associated Press – Farm workers win back wages in Monterey County settlement over mandatory travel time Bush war in Iraq would bring ‘lasting harm’ to democracy at home, UFW says UFW endorses Arambula for Assembly UFW backs IID water transfer if it includes $70 million in aid for ‘left-out’ Imperial farm worker communities Associated Press – Co-founder of United Farm Workers to receive Puffin/Nation Prize Modesto Bee – 1 Obscure board key to new farm labor law Los Angeles Times- UFW Pensions Catch Many by Surprise Retired Vegetable worker to get pension check for more than $10,000; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify Retired lettuce worker to get pension check for more than $48,000; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify Final farm worker push for Latino voter turnout Monday Final farm worker push for Latino voter turnout Monday in Coachella and Calexico Prospect Magazine – The Left Coast Goes Lefter: Even Gray Davis gets swept along First Lady Sharon Davis at Fresno farm worker-built housing project & radio station with UFW’s Arturo Rodriguez Three farm worker rallies Sunday feature Gov. Davis and Lt. Gov. Bustamante; thanks offered for historic farm labor bills (news release & Arturo Rodriguez’ statement) Background about Gov. Gray Davis’ record on farm workers The Sacramento Bee – Chavez, Steinbeck:The ties that bind Los Angeles Times 1 UFW Used Brinkmanship to Win 2 Laws – Labor: The union’s legislative team cornered Gov. Davis into signing mediation bills. Los Angeles Times 1 Pickers in Ventura Hope New Law Resolves Dispute – Agriculture: At the Pictsweet Mushroom Farm, held up as a symbol of union battle, workers look to mandatory mediation for a contract. Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Gov. Gray Davis’ Signing Historic Farm Workers Rights Legislation San Francisco Chronicle 1 Farmworkers get boost from Davis – Flurry of action on bills as midnight deadline arrives « Previous1…708709710711712…744Next »
