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News Releases
- 09/07/2007 Just ONE DAY after 800 UFW workers traveled to Sacramento to push SB 180: RETALIATION AGAINST FARM WORKERS AFTER GOVERNOR’S WELCOME
- 09/05/2007 Hundreds of Farm Workers Statewide Travel to Sacramento Capital on Sept. 5th – UFW Plans Lobby Day to Ask Governor: Remember Farm Workers, SIGN SB 180
- 08/28/2007 UFW RELEASES FIRST BOOK IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES, TOUR TO KICK OFF IN LOS ANGELES
- 08/16/2007 Wasco’s former Jackson & Perkins offers largest severance agreement in AG history; UFW CONTRACT RESULTS IN $1.6 MILLION SEVERANCE PACKAGE FOR FARM WORKERS AFTER COMPANY SELLS
- 08/10/2007 UFW, GROWERS AGREE: WE NEED REAL REFORM, NOT BAND-AIDS. PASS AGJOBS TO SECURE AMERICA’S FOOD SUPPLY
- 08/03/2007 UFW CALLS FOR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TO STOP VIOLATING FARM WORKERS’ RIGHTS
- 07/31/2007 Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Deadly Pesticide
- 07/25/2007 UFW Foundation Works to Raise Awareness Among Farm Workers of Heat Regulations: UFW to Distribute Water Bottles, Knowledge to Farm Workers Laboring in the Sun
- 07/24/2007 Workers Fight Out Against Potential Age Discrimination TODAY: WORKERS TO RALLY AGAINST BOLTHOUSE FIRINGS
- 07/19/2007 SENATOR DEAN FLOREZ INVITES FARM WORKERS TO TESTIFY AT LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON HEAT
- 07/17/2007 More than 40 Dedicated Workers Fired From Bolthouse Farms;UFW Fights to Determine Why
- 07/16/2007 Joint Statement from UFW and Three Mile Canyon Farms: THREEMILE CANYON FARMS AND UFW SIGN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
- 07/16/2007 Historic United Farm Worker Union Contract Signed by Boardman Dairy Workers, First in the State of Oregon
- 07/12/2007 UFW Thanks California Legislators For Moving SB 180 Forward. Statement by United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez.
- 07/10/2007 After UFW President Sends Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger: UFW Holds Press Conference in the Sun
- 07/05/2007 Two retired farm workers get more than $36,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 07/05/2007 UFW President Sends Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger: This Summer, Make Sure Heat Regulation is Enforced
- 06/28/2007 U.S. Senate Votes ‘No’ on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, UFW urges AgJOBS moves forward
- 06/26/2007 Immigration Reform Bill will Advance, U.S. Senate Votes to Resurrect Bill: Farm workers gather to inform communities of bold U.S. Senate vote, urge Action around Final Passage
- 06/21/2007 Farm Workers Join Senators Kennedy and Feinstein to Show Broad Support for AgJobs Immigration Reform
- 06/14/2007 Statement by Arturo Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers Before California Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment regarding SB 180: “The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act”
- 06/08/2007 UFW Blasts President Bush, Republican Leadership for Failure to Address Broken Immigration System
- 05/31/2007 Town halls scheduled this week to address immigration reform and AgJOBS – Thousands of farm workers send strong message about the need for immigration reform
- 05/30/2007 UFW launches awareness campaign to protect workers – Farm Workers Say ‘No’ to Chemical Exposure
- 05/17/2007 Statement by UFW President Arturo Rodriguez Regarding Senate Decision on Immigration