10 a.m. Thursday, October 5, in StocktonMore than 100 Central Valley andCentral Coast farm and other low-wageworkers push for minimum wage hike At the last in a series of hearings around California considering an increase the minimum wage,
More than 100 Central Valley and Central Coast farm and other low-wage workers push for minimum wage hike
Associated Press: 1 State appeals court rejects two farmers’ arguments in labor case
Associated Press: 1 Workers rally in Stockton for higher minimum wage
Three generations in a Latino family register to vote as UFW marks one week before deadline for Nov. 7 election
3 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, in Riverside Three generations in a Latino family register to vote as UFW marks one week before deadline for Nov. 7 election As part of a United Farm Workers voter registration drive among area
Riverside Press Enterprise: 1 Voting becomes family affair A registration drive sponsored by the United Farm Workers brings four generations of Inland residents together.
Los Angeles Times: Davis Vetoes Pro-Labor Measures Legislation: Governor strikes down increased policing of farm worker contractors and greater unemployment benefits
Sacramento Bee: Bill to curb farm worker abuse is vetoed
Ventura County Star: Groups aid laid-off Pictsweet workers -MUSHROOMS: Union, community pitch into help raise money for food as laborers wait.
San Francisco Examiner: Growers lose court ruling on donations
Los Angeles Times: Ralphs Stops Orders From Mushroom Farm Labor: Grocery chain becomes second to discontinue accepting Pictsweet brand due to workers’ dispute with Ventura grower
San Francisco Chronicle: Editorial – Bills, Bills and More Bills
Los Angeles Times: Dark Days At Mushroom Plant, Contract Struggle Hurts Both Sides
Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide drift leads to settlement
Los Angeles Times: Everything’s Coming Up Roses for a Grower and Its Workers
Cardinal Mahony blesses new Lady of Guadalupe rose produced by UFW members
10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 21, in L.A. Cardinal Mahony blesses new Lady of Guadalupe rose produced by UFW members At a ceremony Thursday in Los Angeles, Cardinal Archbishop Roger Mahony will bless a new rose named for Our Lady
Poisoning victims respond as biggest pesticide misuse settlement in state history is made public
12 noon Thursday, September 21, in EarlimartPoisoning victims respond as biggestpesticide misuse settlement instate history is made public On the day California’s largest settlement over misuse of pesticides is announced by state officials in Sacramento, victims of a mass
Yakima Herald Republic: Flat Top Ranch Strikers Settle, Resume Work
Seattle Times: Farm Workers’ co-founder joins hunger strike
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW relishes good year
Ag Alert : Governor’s approval expected on new farm labor legislation
Sacramento Bee: Help for farm workers: AB 2862 — a real tribute to Cesar Chavez
Los Angeles Times: Wash. Workers Seek to Reap More Fruit for Their Labors
Fresno Bee: Valley man voted into No. 2 post
UFW chooses new No. 2 officer; four others added to union’s expanded executive board
Sept. 3, 2000 Labor Day convention delegates vote in Fresno UFW chooses new No. 2 officer; four others added to union’s expanded executive board Delegates to the United Farm Workers’ 15th Constitutional Convention in Fresno on Sunday elected UFW
Farm workers end longest-ever harvest-time strike
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Farm workers end longest-ever harvest-time strike Farm workers at Flat Top Orchards, a mid-Columbia apple grower owned by the Yakima-based Borton and Sons, have ended a five-week strike over wage rollbacks, the longest organized work stoppage