Fresno Bee: Earlimart pesticide case baffles officials: Application that made dozens ill appears legal, inspectors say.
Bakersfield Californian: Pesticide reeked of ‘dirty socks’
Associated Pre: Pesticide mist forces 150 to evacuate, sends dozens to hospital
Fresno B: Airborne pesticide sends 21 Earlimart residents to hospitals
UFW: Earlimart poisoning shows need for greater scrutiny of toxic pesticides
November 13, 1999 UFW: Earlimart poisoning shows need for greater scrutiny of toxic pesticides A cloud of gas from a fumigant that caused parts of the San Joaquin Valley farm town of Earlimart to be evacuated and sent
Sacramento B: Farm workers journey far to honor one of their own
Farm workers mourn Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
Details on services for Mayor Joe Serna Jr.: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9: Rosary at Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 11th &K Streets, downtown Sacramento 9 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 10: a farm worker-style march behind Mayor Serna’scasket begins at
Statement from Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO at March for Mayor Joe Serna Jr.
STATEMENT FROM ARTURO S. RODRIGUEZ, PRESIDENTUNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIOAT MARCH FOR MAYOR JOE SERNA JR.Nov. 10, 1999–Sacramento, Calif. Good morning. Buenos dias. I say good because we gather to celebrate and honor the life of a man
Associated Press, 1: Fighting for Chavez Holiday
Hundreds rally in L.A. for drive to make Cesar Chavez’s birthday a paid state holiday
12 noon, Saturday, November 6, 1999Hundreds rally in L.A. for drive to make Cesar Chavez’s birthday a paid state holiday Hundreds of Los Angelinos will gather for a noon rally Saturday on Olvera Street to urge passage of a
UFW at town hall forum on bill deleting legal residency demand for obtaining driver’s licenses
4 p.m. Monday, November 1, in Fresno UFW at town hall forum on bill deleting legal residency demand for obtaining driver’s licenses The United Farm Workers will participate at a town hall forum Monday in Fresno to support legislation
Graham-Smith guest worker plan a ‘cruel hoax’ on farm workers
November 1999Graham-Smith guest worker plana ‘cruel hoax’ on farm workers United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez issued the following statement from the UFW’s Keene, Calif. headquarters on newly proposed guest worker legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Gordon H. Smith
Editorial cartoon re: the proposed new guestworker program by award-winning editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz
Associated Pre: Labor panel to hear challenges in strawberry union debate
Sacramento B: Editorial cartoon re: guestworker program by award-winning cartoonist Dennis Renault
Fresno B: Davis OKs farm-labor seat belts: Existing labor vans must have seat belts by May 1, 2000 after bills are signed.
Los Angeles Tim: State Holiday on Chavez Birthday Gets Backing
Pact with Charles Krug-Mondavi is the UFW’s third Napa Valley wine contract
For Release: Sept. 10, 1999Pact with Charles Krug-Mondavi is the UFW’s third Napa Valley wine contract A new agreement between the United Farm Workers and St. Helena-based Charles Krug-Mondavi Vineyards is the third contract between the Cesar Chavez-founded UFW