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News Releases
- 07/15/2013 Remarks by Arturo S. Rodriguez, President United Farm Workers of America, Services for Juan Manuel Ochoa, July 14, 2013—Delano, Ca
- 07/14/2013 Joan Baez rekindles support for the farm workers’ cause
- 06/28/2013 UFW members employed at Oxnard fresh-vegetable company to celebrate the Senate passage of immigration reform legislation
- 06/27/2013 A picture is worth a thousand words: Farm worker posts her “Photos from the Fields” on Facebook to convey support for immigration reform
- 06/27/2013 UFW to celebrate imminent Senate passage of immigration reform bill with local rallies, bolster support for House vote
- 06/27/2013 UFW celebrates passage of first significant immigration reform bill in years, urges Republican-led House to follow suit
- 06/26/2013 ‘Photos from the Fields’ social media campaign in support of immigration reform enters its second day
- 06/24/2013 Farm workers to post ‘Photos from the Fields’ on social media, asking lawmakers to support Senate immigration reform bill
- 06/20/2013 Farm worker movement backs bill for schools to teach Filipino Americans’ key role in farm labor struggles
- 06/19/2013 Farm workers plan to visit Assemblyman Luis Alejo of Salinas, seeking answers for his refusal to support farm labor bill
- 06/19/2013 Draconian agricultural temporary worker bill passes Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee panel
- 06/18/2013 UFW applauds Congressman Valadao for opposing temporary worker program that would roll back farm worker protections
- 06/17/2013 Farm workers and immigration reform advocates urge GOP whip McCarthy to oppose Rep. Goodlatte’s new Bracero program bill
- 06/14/2013 Immigration reform advocates in Bakersfield walk Congressman McCarthy’s district seeking Senate bill support; welcome delegation of Catholic sisters
- 06/11/2013 UFW announces campaign to mobilize farm workers, supporters to push for Senate immigration legislation
- 06/10/2013 United Farm Workers leader to join President Obama Tuesday at White House event calling for immigration reform
- 06/05/2013 Remembering Robert F. Kennedy 45 years after his assassination
- 05/30/2013 UFW Foundation to celebrate Grand Opening of new location Public informational forums on immigration will be held throughout the month of June
- 05/23/2013 State says Gerawan broke the law by denying a union to its farm labor contractor workers
- 05/21/2013 Amendments seeking to prevent human trafficking and abuse of workers recruited abroad passes Senate Judiciary Committee
- 05/21/2013 Bipartisan immigration reform bill passes in the Senate Judiciary Committee clearing the first major hurdle
- 05/15/2013 LATINO COMMUNITY CALLS FOR CONFIRMING THOMAS PEREZ AS LABOR SECRETARY
- 05/15/2013 UFW’s Arturo Rodriguez: House GOP bill would slash farm worker pay & revive ‘bracero’ program abuses. Same day Senate panel weighs farm worker amendments to bipartisan ‘gang of eight’ immigration reform
- 05/14/2013 While the Senate Judiciary Committee debates amendments to the immigration reform bill, farm workers dream about reuniting with family
- 05/09/2013 Joint Statement of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition and the United Farm Workers on Senate Judiciary Committee Markup of Comprehensive Immigration Reform