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News Releases
- 08/16/2017 Rep. Valadao target of statewide car caravans, local activists converging at his Bakersfield office on 5th anniversary of DACA
- 08/15/2017 UFW remembers Nagi Daifallah
- 08/10/2017 Raspberry workers vote for UFW at Watsonville ranch with over 500 employees; workers look forward to their first union contract
- 08/09/2017 Free documentary filmmaking case study on the making of Cesar’s Last Fast Aug. 19 in San Jose
- 08/08/2017 Pesticide feds failed to ban responsible for major farmworker poisoning incident
- 08/02/2017 Kern Farmworkers Sickened Again by Pesticide Drift
- 07/27/2017 Today marks the 6th Anniversary of the passing of Richard Chavez, Cesar’s younger brother who helped build the UFW from its earliest days
- 07/25/2017 UFW: Farm workers ready to fight back until Chlorpyrifos is banned
- 07/20/2017 State prosecutors once again accuse Gerawan Farming of bad-faith bargaining
- 07/19/2017 Jaime Martinez honored Cesar Chavez and also instilled pride among Hispanics in San Antonio
- 07/19/2017 Statement of Giev Kashkooli Political & Legislative Director, 2nd Vice President UFW before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security “Agricultural Guestworkers: Meeting the Growing Needs of American Agriculture” July 19, 2017
- 07/19/2017 UFW: ‘How can House GOP expand a flawed guest worker program to an industry where many U.S. workers died gruesome deaths last year because it denies basic labor protections?’
- 07/18/2017 News from Congressman Luis Gutierrez: Rep. Gutiérrez Joins UFW and House Co-Sponsors at Press Conference for Agricultural Worker Program Act, the ‘Blue Card’ Immigration Bill
- 07/18/2017 COURT DECLINES REQUEST TO HAVE EPA DECIDE ON CHLORPYRIFOS BAN PETITION
- 07/17/2017 UFW, Rep. Gutierrez, 43 co-sponsors offer ‘more workable solution’ in advance of House GOP hearing over immigration
- 07/14/2017 The first Farm Worker Exhibit in the 164-year history of the California State Fair
- 07/11/2017 UFW endorses farm worker Trujillo for state senate because Sen. Leyva didn’t vote for overtime
- 06/26/2017 Unveiling innovative technology—a ringtone jingle—to warn immigrants of their rights if confronted by ICE
- 06/06/2017 UFW Joins Groups to Appeal EPA’s Refusal To Ban Dangerous Pesticide
- 06/06/2017 States join frontline communities to demand EPA reverse controversial approval of brain-harming pesticide
- 05/25/2017 UFW cheers as co-sponsors join Rep. Gutiérrez bill offering legal status to immigrant farm laborers already working in the fields
- 05/12/2017 UFW response to EPA delaying protections for workers applying most toxic pesticides
- 05/09/2017 Sen. Feinstein, Rep. Gutiérrez, Labor Movement Advocates Review Efforts to Protect Immigrant Farmworkers and Discuss Their Contributions
- 05/04/2017 News from Sen. Diane Feinstein: Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Shield Farmworkers from Deportation
- 05/04/2017 The UFW strongly supports and cheers Senator Feinstein’s introduction of the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017