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News Releases
- 11/19/2021 House Passes Build Back Better Act, Approves Immigration Protections for Millions Including Farm Workers
- 11/03/2021 UFW & UFW Foundation: Back new House Democrats’ ‘real, tangible relief for millions of the undocumented’
- 10/28/2021 United Farm Workers & UFW Foundation on Build Back Better Framework
- 10/25/2021 Farm worker movement marks Larry D. Itliong Day
- 09/29/2021 UFW & UFW Foundation on second Senate Parliamentarian ruling: “We are not strangers to ‘No’ on our path to ‘Sí, Se Puede”
- 09/23/2021 Farm workers march from French Laundry to Newsom’s Napa winery seeking meeting with governor and to protest governor’s double standard on voting choice
- 09/22/2021 UFW responds to Newsom veto of farm worker voting choice bill by heading to French Laundry to seek a meeting with him
- 09/22/2021 First steps in UFW’s 260-mile ‘March for the Governor’s Signature’ for AB 616, making farm labor election voting easier
- 09/20/2021 Federal heat standards a ‘positive first step’ but require urgent action
- 09/19/2021 UFW & UFW Foundation on first round of Senate Parliamentarian rulings on legalization: ‘We are serious about not going home empty-handed this year’
- 09/14/2021 House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Val Demings (D-FL) join ABIC and Immigration Reform Leaders to Hold Virtual Press Event Following Historic Committee Action on Immigration Reform
- 09/07/2021 Senators Padilla & Booker accept farm workers’ ‘Take Our Jobs’ invitations
- 09/02/2021 Cal Matters: Farmworkers deserve the right to vote by mail in union elections
- 08/29/2021 Farm workers mourn passing of UFW champion Ed Asner
- 08/26/2021 Farm workers ask U.S. senators to ‘Take Our Jobs’ by working a day in the fields with them as immigration action awaits
- 08/18/2021 UFW & UFW Foundation: U.S. EPA decision will end 90% of U.S. chlorpyrifos use; does not end risks for non-food uses
- 08/11/2021 UFW & UFW Foundation applaud path to citizenship in Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ on $3.5B budget resolution
- 08/08/2021 Senators Must ‘Be On Right Side of History by Supporting a Clean Budget Resolution’
- 08/05/2021 Farm workers mourn dedicated labor lader Richard Trumka
- 07/21/2021 UFW: Congress Has the Chance Right Now to Pass a Pathway to Citizenship for Farm Workers
- 07/16/2021 UFW, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Hold Bipartisan Discussions On the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021
- 07/14/2021 UFW, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Hold Roundtable Meeting on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 07/11/2021 From living in a barn, Ben Maddock helped build America’s first enduring farm worker union alongside Cesar Chavez
- 07/04/2021 Farm Workers Visit White House on 4th of July
- 07/02/2021 Farm Workers from Georgia, WA state at White House on 4th of July