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News Releases
- 03/09/2011 Statement from Maria Isabel Vazquez Jimenez’s uncle Doroteo Jimenez from March 9, 2011 sentancing hearing
- 03/08/2011 Monday & Tuesday at Stockton courthouse – Family, clergy, UFW president at two-day vigil protesting plea deal in death of teen farm worker
- 03/07/2011 Fresno State students, professors gather for Day of Action in death of 17-year old farm worker girl
- 03/07/2011 San Jose State University students gather for on-line petition in death of 17-year old farm worker girl
- 03/07/2011 Tuesday, March 8, at 5 p.m. – Vigil to protest plea deal in death of teen farm worker brings farm workers, Oaxacan community together in Greenfield
- 03/07/2011 Tuesday, March 8, at 10:30 a.m. – UFW, clergy and community gather for vigil and on-line petition in death of 17-year-old farm worker girl
- 03/02/2011 Mourning the passing of heroic Filipino American farm labor pioneer Andy Imutan
- 03/01/2011 Family of teen farm worker heat death victim, Oaxacan community & UFW demand local Judge dismiss felony plea bargain deal
- 02/16/2011 Hundreds join U.S. Interior Secretary Salazar, UFW president and Chavez family in dedicating Delano’s ‘Forty Acres’ as a National Historic Landmark
- 02/09/2011 Family of teen heat stroke death victim launching campaign to demand judge reject plea bargain deal
- 02/03/2011 Ruby Ridge Dairy workers and Supporters protest at Northwest Farm Credit Services Annual Stockholder Meeting
- 01/26/2011 Honor the first Korematsu Day, Jan. 30
- 01/26/2011 United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez issued the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union address.
- 01/19/2011 Farm workers mourn passing of Sargent Shriver
- 01/11/2011 Thousands urge Spokane lender to help end Ruby Ridge Dairy’s abuse and retaliation against workers. More than 30,000 signatures gathered during online petition
- 01/01/2011 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3: Join book signing for UFW in Sacramento with Richie Ross, Arturo Rodriguez & Darrell Steinberg
- 12/18/2010 UFW condemns Senate’s failure to pass the DREAM Act
- 12/17/2010 UFW Urges the Senate to Vote for DREAM Act
- 12/16/2010 Tostitos, Chavez foundation set up $500,000 scholarship fund for Arizona Latino students
- 12/13/2010 UFW and DREAM students make calls to legislators in anticipation of DREAM Act vote in Senate
- 12/10/2010 Congresswoman Judy Chu, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, AFL-CIO, Labor, Immigrant Rights and Student Groups Join to Urge Senate Passage of DREAM Act
- 12/08/2010 UFW hails House passage of DREAM Act
- 12/03/2010 Farm workers are still society’s canaries
- 12/01/2010 UFW and DREAM students in Fresno call on Congress to pass AgJOBS and DREAM Act legislation this year
- 12/01/2010 Why Congressional Action on Farm Labor Legislation Will Protect North Carolina Jobs and Economy NC Leaders Call for Action During ‘Lame Duck’