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News Releases
- 04/23/2012 5 p.m. Monday in Greenfield, CA (Monterey County): Vigil on 19th anniversary of Cesar Chavez’s death two days before U.S. high court hears arguments over SB 1070
- 04/20/2012 Saturday, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday in Phoenix: Four days of SB 1070 protests around three milestones
- 04/20/2012 Tomato workers’ daily vigil tells ALRB: ‘After 23 years of waiting, we want what we’re owed now’
- 03/29/2012 Oxnard residents honor Cesar Chavez with march and mass celebrating United Farm Workers’ 50th Anniversary
- 03/29/2012 Santa Rosa residents honor Cesar Chavez with march celebrating United Farm Workers’ 50th Anniversary
- 03/29/2012 Butler heat bill would make it easier for farm workers to protect themselves after state, courts fail to protect them
- 03/28/2012 White House Highlights Rogelio Lona as a Cesar Chavez “Champion of Change”
- 03/25/2012 Department of Labor Press Release: Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis to induct pioneers of the farm worker movement into Labor Hall of Honor on March 26 in Washington
- 03/21/2012 UFW bill lets farm workers enforce heat death prevention rules since state hasn’t
- 03/15/2012 UFW asks: What did you do with the farm workers? Help capture history—yours!—through a novel interactive web site
- 03/08/2012 UFW Foundation Announces Open House in Los Angeles, celebrating the 50 year legacy of Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers
- 02/23/2012 Father McDonnell introduced a young Cesar Chavez to social justice teachings
- 02/21/2012 60,000+ to New Chief Pesticide Regulator: Ban Methyl Iodide & Help Farmers Transition As Your First Priority In Office
- 02/17/2012 UNITED FARM WORKERS NAME CO-CHAIRS TO JOIN 50 YEAR CELEBRATION OF ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY CESAR CHAVEZ
- 02/15/2012 Monterey County supervisors join Santa Cruz County board by voting 4-1 to back methyl iodide ban
- 02/14/2012 Dozens of farm workers ask Monterey County Board of Supervisors to back statewide ban of methyl iodide
- 02/02/2012 The UFW asks how growers and businesses can object to being made to obey labor laws
- 01/24/2012 Remembering Nan Freeman 40 years after the young Jewish woman gave her life for farm workers
- 01/10/2012 Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m.: United Farm Workers offers early endorsement of President Obama with L.A. rally – Event kicks off series of union planned events across the country backing Obama’s re-election
- 01/06/2012 The UFW Foundation applauds the Obama administrations proposed processing changes to USCIS’s waiver of inadmissibility requirements for the immediate family members of US citizens
- 12/15/2011 Statement by UFW Foundation’ Executive Director, Diana Tellefson Torres regarding the Department of Justice Report on Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
- 12/04/2011 Statement from the Farm Worker Movement: Remembering farm worker champion David Burciaga
- 11/16/2011 Coachella student received the UFW’s ‘Si Se Puede’ scholarship for her academic success and community service
- 10/20/2011 6:30 p.m. at ‘Forty Acres’ in Delano: National Park Service hearing to solicit public input on results of Cesar Chavez historical sites study
- 10/13/2011 TEDxFruitvale Conference to Focus on Farmworkers, Social Justice Movements, and Socially Responsible Business