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News Releases
- 06/17/2014 UFW Member to Appear in “Inside Out 11M” Public Art Installation on Capitol Hill
- 06/11/2014 TODAY: FAMILIES TO ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN U.S. CAPITOL COMPLEX
- 06/11/2014 UFW President to Speaker Boehner: “Future of Immigration Reform & GOP Rests on Your Shoulders”
- 06/10/2014 Gerawan Farming is costing its workers millions of dollars in pay and benefits by refusing to implement a state-issued union contract, according to a Rosenberg Foundation article by Cruz Reynoso and Arturo Rodriguez
- 06/06/2014 Remembering the Latino veterans of D-Day
- 06/05/2014 Free sessions in Fresno, Bakersfield, Salinas & Phoenix: UFW Foundation helping Dreamers renew two-year work permits as Department of Homeland Security announces DACA renewal process
- 06/04/2014 As Legislative Window Closes, Advocates Remind House Republicans: “It’s Now or Never for the GOP” – Pro-Immigration Movement Marks One-Year Anniversary of First House Vote to Deport DREAMers with Actions Targeting Key House Republicans Across the Country
- 05/27/2014 2 p.m. courthouse rally in Fresno: Hundreds of workers back ALRB bid for court order forcing Gerawan to implement their union contract
- 05/26/2014 Grand Opening of Cesar E. Chavez Park in Tangancícuaro, Mexico also honors local farm workers who helped build Chavez’s union
- 05/23/2014 Ballots counted in Salinas: Dole strawberry workers vote decisively to keep the UFW
- 05/22/2014 Farm workers & supporters across the country ask Walmart to hold Prima accountable to the retailer’s ‘Standards for Suppliers
- 05/17/2014 UFW, UFW Foundation Hosts Cesar Chavez Movie Screenings
- 05/15/2014 Prima workers demand their jobs back
- 04/26/2014 Farm workers to Wal-Mart: Tell Gerawan-owned Prima brand to ‘obey the law’
- 04/24/2014 With Produce in Hand, more than a 1,000 Farm Workers Deliver Strong Message to Kevin McCarthy on Immigration: “I Harvest for 10 Hours a Day. Can You Take 10 Minutes to Schedule a Vote?”
- 04/23/2014 Ahead of Mass Farm Worker Produce Delivery, Activists Remind McCarthy “We’re Not Giving Up on Immigration”
- 04/18/2014 With Produce in Hand, Hundreds of Farm Workers Deliver Strong Message to Kevin McCarthy on Immigration: “I Harvest for 10 Hours a Day. Can You Take 10 Minutes to Schedule a Vote?”
- 04/09/2014 Immigrant and farm worker rights advocates call on Sheriff Donny Youngblood to honor state law protecting noncriminal undocumented immigrants
- 03/28/2014 Presidential Proclamation — Cesar Chavez Day, 2014
- 03/28/2014 Bakersfield to host fundraising screening of new Cesar Chavez film
- 03/25/2014 Cesar Chavez film screens for 1,000-plus farm workers at historic site where it all began during novel outdoor screening
- 03/24/2014 Bakersfield to host fundraising screening of new Cesar Chavez film
- 03/24/2014 Salinas to host fundraising screening of new Cesar Chavez film
- 03/24/2014 Sacramento to host fundraising screening of new Cesar Chavez film
- 03/22/2014 San Diego to host fundraising screening of new Cesar Chavez film