http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/14633412.htm Posted on Sun, May. 21, 2006   Immigration rally set todayLeaders encouraged by momentumBy CLAUDIA MELENDEZ SALINASHerald Salinas Bureau Immigration reform advocates feel their movement has momentum and are pushing ahead with marches to keep the issue on the front

 www.RioGrandeGuardian.com Thursday, May 18, 2006  LUPE members deliver thousands of postcards to Cornyn’s office 17 May 2006Steve Taylor  HARLINGEN – Members of La Unión del Pueblo Entero delivered close on 3,500 signed postcards to the Harlingen office of U.S. Sen.

http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=IMMIGRATION-05-17-0605/17/06 Scripps Howard News Service: Senate makes progress on immigration bill

http://www.kget.com/mediacenter/?videoId=998505/17/06 KGET: National Lobby Day brings UFW postcard campaign

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  UFW takes part in national campaign to raise 1 million cards   By TOM RAGANSentinel Staff Writer WATSONVILLE — Several groups, including the United Farm Workers, are trying to amass more than 1 million signatures in support of

    Immigration rights activists call for postcards to Congress   By Kevin Clerici, kclerici@VenturaCountyStar.com  Organizers of recent immigrant rights marches are urging people to sign postcards to Congress in support of "realistic and humane" immigration reform. The postcard

      UFW joins fray on immigration   By MARTIN ESPINOZAThe Press Democrat Immigrant rights activists are once again flexing their political muscle. This time, however, the street march and rallies are being replaced with a postcard campaign they

    Local officials encouraging activity in immigration reform     Victoria Hirschberg Monitor Staff Writer SAN JUAN, Texas — Eight fear-filled hours of walking and swimming were worth it to Leticia Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant who wanted a better life for

        UFW plan: Flood Congress with 1 million postcards    The United Farm Workers union wants to transform energy in the streets into power at the polls. On Wednesday, UFW organizers said they are launching a campaign with

UFW takes part in national campaign to raise 1 million cards By TOM RAGANSENTINEL STAFF WRITER WATSONVILLE — Several groups, including the United Farm Workers, are trying to amass more than 1 million signatures in support of an amnesty

UFW plan: Flood Congress with 1 million postcards The Bakersfield Californian | Wednesday, May 10 2006 8:40 PM Last Updated: Wednesday, May 10 2006 8:44 PM The United Farm Workers union wants to transform energy in the streets into

Immigration rights activists call for postcards to Congress By Kevin Clerici, kclerici@VenturaCountyStar.comMay 11, 2006 Organizers of recent immigrant rights marches are urging people to sign postcards to Congress in support of "realistic and humane" immigration reform. The postcard drive

Pesticide spraying issue returnsBy LEAH BETH WARDYAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Citing a new study on the effects of pesticides on farm workers in Oregon, farm-worker, environmental and health groups repeated their call Wednesday for a rule to notify schools, nursing homes

UFW joins fray on immigration May 11, 2006 By MARTIN ESPINOZATHE PRESS DEMOCRAT Immigrant rights activists are once again flexing their political muscle. This time, however, the street march and rallies are being replaced with a postcard campaign they

Local officials encouraging activity in immigration reform May 11,2006 Victoria Hirschberg Monitor Staff Writer SAN JUAN — Eight fear-filled hours of walking and swimming were worth it to Leticia Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant who wanted a better life for her

http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/50934.html Women report harassment at Grimmway BY ERIK LOYD, Californian staff writere-mail: eloyd@bakersfield.com | Wednesday, May 10 2006 8:35 PM Last Updated: Wednesday, May 10 2006 8:39 PM The federal government filed suit Wednesday against Grimmway Farms and a

UFW & coalitions that organized rural May 1 protests unveil lobbying drive to enact genuine immigration reform 05/10/2006 Salinas, Bakersfield, Oxnard, Coachella, Santa Rosa, San JuanUFW & coalitions that organized ruralMay 1 protests unveil lobbying drive to enact genuine

Salinas, Bakersfield, Oxnard, Coachella, Santa Rosa, San JuanUFW & coalitions that organized ruralMay 1 protests unveil lobbying drive to enact genuine immigration reform After hundreds of thousands of farm workers and other rural residents participated in May 1 protests,

Could protests be birth of new social crusade? By DOROTHY KORBER The Sacramento Bee Streaming through cities across the nation, a million Latinos were on the march last week to demonstrate for immigrants’ rights. Their protests were peaceful, focused

Could protests be birth of new social crusade? By DOROTHY KORBER THE SACRAMENTO BEE Streaming through cities across the nation, a million Latinos were on the march last week to demonstrate for immigrants’ rights. Their protests were peaceful, focused

  http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/14507237.htm Posted on Fri, May. 05, 2006 email this print this Report says workers seen by pesticide sprayers ASSOCIATED PRESS ARVIN – Workers sprayed pesticides that are dangerous to humans, even though they saw people working in a

A Day Without Immigrants: Making a Statement By ANITA HAMILTON                They may not have agreed on whether to skip school, take the day off work or refrain from all commerce today, but the hundreds of thousands of peaceful