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News Releases
- 06/06/2011 Oakland City Council to pass resolution in support of the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers
- 05/24/2011 State panel nominates National Chavez Center at Keene, Calif. for National Historic Registry
- 05/19/2011 Chavez family, UFW applaud City Council vote for new Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. in San Antonio
- 05/18/2011 San Diego shipyard announcement Navy secretary, Chavez family unveil Navy’s newest cargo ship: USNS Cesar Chavez
- 05/18/2011 Farm Workers Witness Historic Vote on The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act, By Edgar Sanchez Special to the UFW
- 05/16/2011 State Assembly approves Steinberg bill to make it easier for farm workers to protect themselves
- 05/13/2011 TRAGIC DEATH OF TEEN FARM WORKER IN 2008 PROPELS UNCLE TO FIGHT FOR LABOR RIGHTS — By Edgar Sanchez Special to the UFW
- 05/12/2011 State Assembly Honors Late Teen Farm Worker by Voting on Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act
- 05/12/2011 Backgrounder: The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act (SB 104)
- 05/10/2011 National Park Service hearing on preserving key Cesar Chavez historical sites in Delano and Keene
- 04/30/2011 Democratic Convention Speech – UFW Secretary Treasurer Sergio Guzman
- 04/26/2011 LOS ANGELES ACTIVISTS JOIN INTERNATIONAL CALL TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF U.S.TOBACCO FARM WORKERS
- 04/13/2011 UFW Written Statement on House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Hearing on “The H-2A Visa Program – Meeting the Growing Needs of American Agriculture?”
- 04/13/2011 Summary of Testimony: Bruce Goldstein, President, Farmworker Justice, before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement April 13, 2011
- 04/13/2011 UFW: U.S. can’t afford replacing domestic workers with foreign laborers through expansion of the H2A program
- 04/03/2011 Eulogy by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez at the Memorial Service for Andy Imutan
- 03/31/2011 Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation and United Farm Workers Release Groundbreaking Report on U.S. Farm Labor
- 03/31/2011 Calif. State Senate approves Steinberg bill that would make it easier for farm workers to protect themselves
- 03/30/2011 600 students honor Cesar Chavez on his birthday with a ‘Day of Service’ where he lived, worked and is buried
- 03/29/2011 Farm workers travel to D.C. to formally invite President Obama to the UFW’s 50th anniversary convention
- 03/24/2011 THOUSANDS TO MARCH IN LOS ANGELES TO DEMAND GOOD JOBS, RALLY TO PROTECT THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH WISCONSIN WORKERS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH
- 03/24/2011 Hundreds to march in Greenfield honoring Cesar Chavez’s legacy by demanding fair treatment for farm workers, good jobs and respect in their communities
- 03/15/2011 Steinberg bill makes it easier for farm workers to protect themselves after state, courts fail to protect them
- 03/09/2011 9 a.m. Wednesday at Stockton courthouse – Family, clergy, UFW president at hearing over plea deal in death of teen farm worker
- 03/09/2011 UFW President Arturo Rodriguez: ‘Needless tragedies will continue’ so long as government fails to protect farm workers