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News Releases
- 10/10/2011 Governor signs bill to protect farm workers’ right to unionize
- 10/04/2011 UFW President testified in Washington, DC. Hearing entitled “America’s Agricultural Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution”
- 10/03/2011 Rural non-profits can now apply for grants: U.S. awards Cesar Chavez Foundation coveted $375,000 award to fund Dr. King days of service
- 09/30/2011 Dozens protest Republican proposal to bring hundreds of thousands of laborers through new guest worker program
- 09/27/2011 Spanish-Language Media Campaign Highlights Hypocrisy of GOP Jobs and Immigration Bill
- 09/15/2011 AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Announces Addition of Chavez Home to National Register of Historic Places
- 09/15/2011 UFW Foundation presents informational citizenship workshop in Bakersfield
- 09/03/2011 UFW News Release: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 3, 2011 Deal could make it easier for farmworkers to unionize
- 09/02/2011 Farm worker march on Capitol Sunday is largest Labor Day weekend event in California. Governor’s proposal incorporated into Steinberg bill
- 09/01/2011 7:30-8:30 a.m. Thursday in Galt: Lawmakers join farm worker march to Sacramento
- 08/31/2011 Farm workers, pesticide reform activists urge Gov. Brown to act on Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act, overtime for farm workers at eight hours and against methyl iodide during march to Sacramento
- 08/30/2011 Backstories on the farm workers’ latest pilgrimage to Sacramento
- 08/29/2011 Unveiling plans at 11 a.m. today in Bakersfield: Hundreds of Kern County farm workers, supporters joining finale of 200-mile march to Sacramento
- 08/29/2011 Farm worker marchers pause at Stockton courthouse Monday to remember teen grape worker who died from the heat in 2008. Members of Maria Isavel’s family join 200-mile march
- 08/28/2011 Farm worker march half-way to Sacramento. Some 300 joined 13-day, 200-mile pilgrimage Saturday in Modesto
- 08/27/2011 Hundreds of Farm Workers Arrive in Ceres Today to Join “Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now March”
- 08/26/2011 Rebuffing Delay for Justice, “Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now” March Draws New Faces
- 08/25/2011 Revved Up By Miles of Support, ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’ March Continues to Sacramento
- 08/25/2011 “Smoking Gun” Documents Show Science Ignored in Approval of Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide. Documents from court case detail political interference in decision to approve chemical.
- 08/25/2011 Appointment of ALRB General Counsel falls short of addressing farm workers’ plight
- 08/25/2011 Dozens of Central Coast farm workers and supporters join the 200-mile ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’ march to Sacramento
- 08/24/2011 Heading North: 13-Day, 200-Mile Pilgrimage to Sacramento Enters Second Day, With Marching Farm Workers United in Fight for Fair Treatment Now
- 08/23/2011 Easier path to union membership and overtime among goals of 13-day farm worker’s pilgrimage
- 08/20/2011 Farm workers begin a 167-mile pilgrimage up Central Valley to State Capitol demanding ‘Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Now’
- 08/19/2011 The United Farm Workers will honor children of worker families for their academic success and dedication to community service in the first of several scholarship award ceremonies in California and the Pacific Northwest.