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News Releases
- 03/24/2005 UFW stands with Florida ag chief appointed by Gov. Bush embracing AgJobs immigration reform bill
- 03/17/2005 UFW applauds Senate Democrats for killing bill exempting most state growers from health and safety inspections
- 03/17/2005 Community activists denounce pending election reform legislation that could disenfranchise Latinos voters
- 03/17/2005 U.S. farm labor unions protect guest workers, push immigration changes before Bush-Fox meeting in Texas
- 03/10/2005 Hundreds protest Gallo of Sonoma by forming ¡®human billboard’ along Santa Monica Blvd.
- 02/10/2005 Statement by United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez from Capitol Hill news conference announcing the reintroduction of the AgJobs immigration reform bill
- 02/10/2005 UFW helps reintroduce historic AgJobs bill with events in D.C., California, Texas and Washington state
- 11/09/2004 Retired farm worker to get more than $11,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 10/24/2004 Oregon and Florida farm workers join in protest of work place abuses
- 09/24/2004 Women File Lawsuit Against State’s Largest Dairy for Sex Discrimination Denounce Taxpayer Support for Discriminatory Employer
- 09/24/2004 Thursday & Friday in Bakersfield & Fresno: Farm workers hold candlelight vigils for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush
- 09/20/2004 Monday to Friday, Greenfield to Watsonville: Farm workers fast for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush
- 09/17/2004 Retired farm worker to get more than $12,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 09/17/2004 Friday in Madera: Farm workers march for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush
- 09/13/2004 Retired farm worker to get more than $32,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify
- 09/10/2004 Reedley: Farm workers march for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush
- 09/02/2004 Salinas: UFW and community leaders urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign road safety bill
- 09/01/2004 Fresno: UFW and community leaders urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign road safety bill
- 08/29/2004 Summary of UFW convention (complete with highlight report, links to major speeches, press releases and newspaper clips)
- 08/28/2004 Three women, veteran organizers or former farm workers, elected to the UFW’s executive board
- 08/28/2004 First grower speaks at UFW convention on Sunday; AFL-CIO Pres. Sweeney, Senate leader Burton, Assembly Speaker Nunez on Saturday
- 08/17/2004 AgJOBS: What Latinos Can Do Now to Pass Bipartisan, Broad-based Immigration Reform
- 08/17/2004 Statement by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez : GIVE FARMWORKERS A VOTE ON AGJOBS, UFW URGES SEN. FRIST & WHITE HOUSE
- 08/17/2004 With Giumarra worker’s death from heat exposure confirmed, not one grower answers UFW’s call for voluntary action
- 08/13/2004 KERN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CORONER DIVISION NEWS RELEASE re: Death of Jose Valdivia-Reynoso