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News Coverage
- 10/05/2000 Associated Press: 1 Workers rally in Stockton for higher minimum wage
- 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 Los Angeles Times: Davis Vetoes Pro-Labor Measures Legislation: Governor strikes down increased policing of farm worker contractors and greater unemployment benefits
- 09/30/2000 Sacramento Bee: Bill to curb farm worker abuse is vetoed
- 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.
- 09/29/2000 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
- 09/26/2000 San Francisco Chronicle: Editorial – Bills, Bills and More Bills
- 09/24/2000 Los Angeles Times: Dark Days At Mushroom Plant, Contract Struggle Hurts Both Sides
- 09/22/2000 Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide drift leads to settlement
- 09/22/2000 Los Angeles Times: Everything’s Coming Up Roses for a Grower and Its Workers
- 09/20/2000 Yakima Herald Republic: Flat Top Ranch Strikers Settle, Resume Work
- 09/17/2000 Seattle Times: Farm Workers’ co-founder joins hunger strike
- 09/17/2000 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW relishes good year
- 09/13/2000 Ag Alert : Governor’s approval expected on new farm labor legislation
- 09/07/2000 Sacramento Bee: Help for farm workers: AB 2862 — a real tribute to Cesar Chavez
- 09/06/2000 Los Angeles Times: Wash. Workers Seek to Reap More Fruit for Their Labors
- 09/04/2000 Fresno Bee: Valley man voted into No. 2 post
- 09/03/2000 Associated Press: Calif. governor signs farmworker safety bills, addresses UFW convention
- 09/03/2000 Fresno Bee: Dolores Huerta eases out of farm-labor role: Key UFW leader opts to devote time to other projects, including Al Gore’s presidential bid
- 09/03/2000 Fresno Bee: Governor heralds changes: Davis signs 3 key farm labor bills before addressing 1,000 at the UFW meeting in Fresno.
- 09/02/2000 Los Angeles Times: UFW Wins Contract With Gallo
- 09/01/2000 Associated Press: Gallo reaches agreement with United Farm Workers; pay raises in store for general laborers
- 08/25/2000 Ventura County Star: Pictsweet workers threaten boycott
- 08/19/2000 San Francisco Chronicle: DavislDeclares Holiday To Honor Cesar Chavez Schoolchildren to study his life, do social service