Chavez march lauds labor icon Article Launched: 04/14/2007 11:48:20 PM PDT • Read more articles• See more video• Hear more audio POMONA – Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, was remembered Saturday morning with a march that

Fielding convictsIs Pueblo County’s new prisoner labor program a solution to farmers’ staffing woes or a shortsighted mistake?by Naomi Zeveloff Phil Prutch may be the first Pueblo-area farmer to have offenders work his fields. Photo By © 2007 L’Aura

  http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=6364026 Accident on Highway 46 Kills Farm Worker, Injures Seven Others April 12, 2007 06:06 PM PDT Featured Videos Accident on Highway 46 Kills Farm Worker, Injures Seven Others Thursday, April 12, 2007 Reported by: Stacy Daniel and

Pesticide buffer bill brings out crowds By David Steves The Register-Guard Published: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 SALEM – A bill creating "no-spray" buffers around schools drew impassioned crowds to the Capitol on Tuesday, where environ- mentalists, educators and scientists

Victory for hundreds of Oxnard area strawberry workers. Read the story in the Ventura County Star. Workers for a local strawberry grower took to the road in protest Monday over wages and other complaints. Hundreds of workers from Santa

  URL: http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/business/article/0,1375,VCS_128_5474392,00.html Ventura County Star: Berry farm workers protest pay rate By Allison Bruce and Adam Foxman, abruce@VenturaCountyStar.comafoxman@VenturaCountyStar.comApril 10, 2007 Workers for a local strawberry grower took to the road in protest Monday over wages and other complaints.

Private grants help out workersFoundations give aid to freeze victimsBy Natalie Garcia Staff writer Private foundations in California have contributed more than a million dollars in donations to Tulare County for freeze relief. That could be good news for

Foundations aid immigrants in need‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ attitude taken with aidBy Natalie Garcia Staff writer Private foundations in California have contributed more than a million dollars in donations to Tulare County for freeze relief. That could be good

César Chávez may be focus of future park or historic site By Julie Cart Los Angeles Times   PREV     of     NEXT  César Chávez fought for years for the rights of farmworkers. There are national historic sites that honor the contributions of Revolutionary

Long way to go, says state food safety investigatorSenate panel holding hearingsBy JAKE HENSHAW The Salinas Californian Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – While saying the leafy green industry has made good progress in improving food safety in the last few

Students Across 5Cs Mobilize to Raise Funds for Fruit Farmes April 6, 2007 by Katie Soe The Citrus Freeze Effort is a 5-C relief initiative to collect canned and dried food, toiletries, and monetary donations to support the approximately

Dozens of Meetings Scheduled to Discuss Immigration Reform StatewideUFW Foundation Participates in Night of 1000 Conversations What:   UFW and UFW Foundation’s membership, staff, supporters and volunteers to participate in Night of 1,000 Conversations, a nationwide event designed to initiate

Boxer says she’ll triple efforts to get freeze aid FRESNO, Calif. U-S Senator Barbara Boxer cancelled her visit to a San Joaquin Valley orchard today, but she says the flu won’t keep her from trying to pass legislation to

Poll finds anger about the American dream                                By Mark Gruenberg   WASHINGTON – People have moved, in the last six months, from anxiety over obstacles to achieving the American Dream to anger over those roadblocks — many of them

A plea for patience Feinstein tours Valley areas hit by ag freeze, warns that relief is now tied to the contentious war bill. By Sarah Jimenez / The Fresno Bee 04/03/07 04:03:13  – All Job Categories –  Accounting Admin & Clerical

Gilberto Rodriguez…Presente: Cesar Chavez’ UFW morns the passing of our brother and good friend Gilberto Rodriguez Arturo Rodriguez, PresidentUnited Farm WorkersGilberto Rodriguez EulogyApril 2, 2007 There are many words we can use to describe Gilberto. For me, I believe