9/20/04: Fresno BeeDrifting into danger: Florez bill would help ameliorate problems with pesticides.

9/18/04: Bakersfield CalifornianMan gets surprise pension: Retired farmworkers may have cash coming from UFW and not realize it

Farm workers hold candlelight vigils for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush      Hundreds San Joaquin Valley farm workers and supporters gather for candlelight vigils and rallies Thursday and Friday in Bakersfield and Fresno in support of the AgJobs bill

5:00 p.m. Friday in MaderaFarm workers march for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush     Close to one hundred area farm workers and supporters will march Friday evening in Madera in support of the AgJobs bill allowing undocumented field laborers to

5:00 p.m. Friday in Madera Farm workers march for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush   Close to one hundred area farm workers and supporters will march Friday evening in Madera in support of the AgJobs bill allowing

9/15/04: PR NewswireU.S. Leadership From Every Corner of the Country Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at CHCI Annual Gala

Salon.com: 9/14/04 Got guilt? Dairy workers grub for minimum wage in sickening manure pits — so American consumers can have cheap milk and cheese.

September 13, 2004Retired farm worker to get more than $32,000 in pension checks; UFW appeals to workers who may not know they qualify     A Roma, TX. farm worker who didn’t realize he qualified for a United Farm Workers pension

5:00 p.m. Sept. 9, in ReedleyFarm workers march for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush      More than one hundred area farm workers and supporters will join in a 2-mile march Friday evening in Reedley in support of the AgJobs bill

5:00 p.m. Sept. 9, in Reedley Farm workers march for AgJobs bill being blocked by President Bush   More than one hundred area farm workers and supporters will join in a 2-mile march Friday evening in Reedley in support

 12 noon Thursday in SalinasUFW and community leaders urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign road safety bill      Leaders of the United Farm Workers and community groups will join together for a news conference Thursday outside a DMV office in

1 p.m. Thursday in FresnoUFW and community leaders urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign road safety bill      Leaders of the United Farm Workers and community groups will join together for a news conference Thursday outside a DMV office in

9/1/04: Vida en el ValleUFW convention puts focus on passage of AgJOBS bill

  United Farm Workers17th Constitutional ConventionFresno, CA, Aug. 28-29, 2004 UFW National Executive Board (Aug. 28, 2004) Arturo S. Rodriguez, PresidentTanis Ybarra, Secretary TreasurerIrv Hershenbaum, 1st Vice PresidentEfren Barajas, 2nc Vice PresidentGuadalupe Martinez, 3rd Vice PresidentGustavo Aguirre, Vice PresidentRebecca Flores, Vice

8/29/04: Vida En El ValleKerry promises immediate immigration reform

8/29/04: Fresno Bee – Kerry speaks to Fresno meeting: Presidential candidate addresses 800 at UFW convention via phone

Delegates vote on first day of Fresno convention Three women, veteran organizers or former farm workers, elected to the UFW’s executive board       Delegates at the United Farm Workers’ two-day 17th Constitutional Convention in Fresno on Saturday elected three women,

11 a.m.-12 noon Sunday at Fresno Convention CenterFirst grower, the head of a major U.S. ag group, speaks at UFW convention in joint push for historic AgJobs immigration reform      For the first time in its 42-year history, on

Spanish-language Telephonic News Conference Tuesday at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST)AgJOBS: What Latinos Can Do Now to Pass Bipartisan, Broad-based Immigration Reform Washington, DC – In July, President Bush instructed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to block

GIVE FARMWORKERS A VOTE ON AGJOBS,UFW URGES SEN. FRIST & WHITE HOUSE  President Bush and the Republican leadership in the United States Senate has pulled out all the stops to prevent a vote on even the most basic proposal

Valdivas, UFW president 12:30 p.m. in Bakersfield With Giumarra worker’s death from heat exposure confirmed, not one grower answers UFW’s call for voluntary action — Last Friday the Kern County Sheriff-Coroner confirmed Asuncion Valdivia, 53, died July 18 from

AgJOBS: What Latinos Can Do Now to PassBipartisan, Broad-based Immigration Reform Spanish-language Telephonic News Conference Tuesday at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST)   Washington, DC — In July, President Bush instructed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to

GIVE FARMWORKERS A VOTE ON AGJOBS, UFW URGES SEN. FRIST & WHITE HOUSE   President Bush and the Republican leadership in the United States Senate has pulled out all the stops to prevent a vote on even the most

Conferencia de Prensa en Español Martes a las 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST)AgJOBS: QUE ES LO QUE LOS LATINOS PUEDEN HACER AHORA PARA QUE UNA REFORMA MIGRATORIA BIPARTIDISTA Y EXTENSA SE CONVIERTA EN LEY   Washington, DC –