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News Releases
- 06/27/2019 UFW: ag commissioners must stop mass farm worker poisonings after 130-plus were victims in two weeks & ag commissioners’ face ‘inherent conflicts of interest’
- 06/24/2019 Seven more dairy workers employed at Darigold member dairies file complaints regarding sexual harassment and assault
- 06/19/2019 UFW hails New York State farm worker rights bill as ‘big step forward’
- 06/04/2019 UFW hails House vote to protect deserving immigrants making important contributions to U.S.
- 05/20/2019 The farm worker movement mourns the passing of long time friend Ruben Montoya.
- 05/16/2019 As spring-summer harvest seasons begin, memorial service for pregnant Mexican immigrant, 17, whose 2008 death helped beef up California’s strict heat rules
- 05/08/2019 Dairy workers recover wages they say were stolen at Darigold farm
- 05/03/2019 Teresa Romero, president of the UFW receives Ohtli Recognition from the Government of Mexico
- 04/29/2019 Salinas City Council officially commends John D’Arrigo as his vegetable workers do something different: publicly praising their employer
- 04/26/2019 Farm workers march on Workers’ Memorial Day to honor Cesar Chavez & workers killed, disabled and injured
- 04/02/2019 Pass ‘Blue Card’ bill recognizing immigrant farm workers who feed the nation, former UFW president will urge House subcommittee
- 03/29/2019 UFW Pres. Teresa Romero & farm workers march in Salinas on Cesar Chavez’s birthday for federal ‘Blue Card’ bill offering immigrants relief from fear
- 03/28/2019 UNITED FARM WORKERS CITE ‘ONGOING PROBLEMS’ WITHIN STARBUCKS SUPPLY CHAIN
- 03/22/2019 UFW President Teresa Romero & farm workers march in Oxnard for Cesar Chavez & ‘Blue Card’ bill offering immigrants relief from fear
- 03/19/2019 UNITED FARM WORKERS TO HOLD VIGIL OUTSIDE STARBUCKS’ SHAREHOLDER MEETING
- 03/08/2019 Farmworker and pesticide protections standards preserved
- 02/21/2019 UFW ag industry transparency bill passes Senate Committee
- 02/20/2019 Farm Workers, Dairy Workers and Labor Activists to Hold Protest Outside Schultz Book Tour Event
- 02/15/2019 UFW condemns Trump’s fear mongering and abuse of constitutional authority
- 02/15/2019 United Farm Workers Championing Proposed SB 5693: Transparency in Agricultural Supply Chains Act
- 02/08/2019 Rufino Contreras still inspires movement 40 years after lettuce striker was slain; UFW, Cesar Chavez family, local officials join Contreras family
- 02/07/2019 Harris-Grijalva bill ends ‘racist exclusion’ of farm workers from overtime pay 81 years after nearly all other U.S. workers won
- 02/01/2019 National faith leaders gather at Well-Pict cooler in Watsonville asking Premiere to honor state-ordered raspberry workers’ union contract
- 01/31/2019 New Jersey minimum wage bill accepts ‘racist legacy’ of excluding farm workers; Gov. Murphy should veto measure
- 01/31/2019 United Farm Workers, Indivisible WA-8, other organizations rally outside Schultz Seattle book tour stop