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News Releases
- 02/24/2000 In historic event, UFW & grower groups join forces for first time to back Prop. 13
- 02/15/2000 Earlimart pesticide victims appear before officials who have failed to meet with them
- 01/31/2000 Chavez holiday bill wins approval from Key CA senate panel
- 01/20/2000 Campaign for Cesar Chavez holiday picks up support
- 01/15/2000 Farm workers remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- 12/22/1999 One of six big Vons trucks with holiday food heads for needy citrus worker families in Fresno County
- 12/08/1999 Earlimart pesticide victims bring appeal for change to top Tulare County officials
- 12/08/1999 Pact with Anderson Vineyards is UFW’s first Mendocino County contract: Union-label Champagne for the new Millennium now available
- 11/13/1999 UFW: Earlimart poisoning shows need for greater scrutiny of toxic pesticides
- 11/08/1999 Farm workers mourn Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
- 11/08/1999 Statement from Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO at March for Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
- 11/06/1999 Hundreds rally in L.A. for drive to make Cesar Chavez’s birthday a paid state holiday
- 11/01/1999 Graham-Smith guest worker plan a ‘cruel hoax’ on farm workers
- 11/01/1999 UFW at town hall forum on bill deleting legal residency demand for obtaining driver’s licenses
- 09/10/1999 Pact with Charles Krug-Mondavi is the UFW’s third Napa Valley wine contract
- 08/22/1999 Mass organized by UFW, community groups honors 13 farm workers killed in Aug. 9 crash, calls for action on reform bill
- 08/16/1999 L.A. services mark one week since 13 farm workers died in Fresno van crash; Huerta helps collect signatures for reform bill
- 08/12/1999 UFW, attorneys for crash victim families say state and U.S. laws fail to protect farm workers; lawsuit being filed over Monday’s accident
- 08/09/1999 Tragedies will continue until growers held accountable for farm labor systems
- 07/20/1999 Florida’s largest mushroom producer signs contract with United Farm Workers
- 05/31/1999 Manuel Chavez: Older brother of late UFW leader Cesar Chavez dies after battle with pancreatic cancer
- 05/24/1999 Coastal Berry pickers vote Tuesday in Oxnard,Wednesday in Monterey & Santa Cruz counties
- 05/19/1999 As strawberry pickers prepare to vote in a new election, 20 berry growers and groups settle UFW suits over illegally funding ‘worker committees’
- 04/30/1999 Cesar Chavez’s legacy: 2,000 retired farm workers or spouses, some moved to tears, each receive up to $1,000 in bonuses from UFW-grower pension plan
- 04/27/1999 Governor Davis announces opening of Chavez-Kennedy tribute