Not for Release Until: Wednesday, September 10, 1997, 12 noon 12 noon Wednesday, in Santa Barbara UFW co-founder Huerta: Stoker should stopusing ALRB chairman post to raise growermoney for congressional race against Capps United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta

For Release: Wednesday, August 27, 1997 11:30 a.m.–from 405 past Westwood 800 will line Wilshire to honor Labor Day supporting abused strawberry workers Some 800 labor, religious, environmental and civil rights activists will honor Labor Day on Wednesday, Aug.

For Release: August 20, 1997 UFW’s Rodriguez, community activists ask Driscoll to abide by worker rights pledge Community and religious leaders will use a Wednesday news conference outside Driscoll Strawberry Associates’ Watsonville headquarters to urge that it honor a

For Release: August 15, 1997 Friday, in Santa Cruz All Santa Cruz-area natural food stores pledge support for UFW, strawberry workers’ rights By Friday, all six natural food markets in the Santa Cruz/Capitola area will have formally endorsed basic

For Release: August 10, 1997, Grower march fizzles as union movement builds in the stawberry fields Watsonville, Calif., Aug.10, 1997 – An anti-union rally and march billed by strawberry growers as the "March of Truth" fell far short of

For Release: August 8, 1997, Charges to be filed Friday Strawberry companies charged with massive conspiracy to commit fraud through front group that threatens violence At least four strawberry companies have conspired to defraud, deceive and coerce strawberry workers

Plaintiff Valentine Leon, UFW Co-Founder Dolores Huerta, announce back pay lawsuit against Driscoll grower. For Release: August 7, 1997 11 am news conference Largest Driscoll grower faces class action suit alleging hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wagesSuit:

For Release: August 5, 1997 Supervisor announces anti-union march Community leaders, union workers to call onstrawberry growers to avoid forcing workers intoindustry’s August 10 march Central Coast leaders and local farm workers with union contracts will call on the

For Release: August 5, 1997 UFW co-founder Huerta hails permanent withdrawal of sex suit against union United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta comatented on the permanent dismissal of a lawsuit tiled last January that claimed the UFW instructed women

For Release: July 27, 1997 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Watsonville Hundreds of retired Central Coast UFW members receiving pension checks; many at ceremony with union and grower trustees More than seven dozen retired Central Coast farm workers will be

For Release: July 27, 1997 www. ufw. org UFW online with new and expanded web site Journalists and all manner of farm worker supporters can now access detailed and up-to-date information on the United Farm Workers at the union’s

Over 100 strawberry worker supporters protest abuses at Driscoll’s Salinas cooler For Release: July 24, 1997 2 p.m. Thurs. in Salinas Strawberry worker supporters at protest over abuses at Driscoll-controlled fields Area political, labor and religious leaders will join

For Release: July 3, 1997 Grower bid to ‘sabotage’ progress for strawberry workers will be denounced UFW co-founder, lawmakers to urge quick ALRB action at capitol news conf. 12 noon Thursday The Agricultural Labor Relations Board should not allow