United Farm Workers

An American Hero Joins Lewis & Clark, Medgar Evers and Sacagawea

Maurice Jourdane | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Juan Garcia, Cesar Chavez, Farmworkers Struggle, Launching, Christening, Ufw, Lewis & Clark Series, United Farm Workers, USNS Cesar Chavez, Latino Voices News

Last week, on Cinco Mayo in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the United States Navy christened and launched the USNS Cesar Chavez over Republican opposition for naming the cargo ship after the civil rights leader and union activist.

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For Cesar Chavez Day, Can Pomona College Give Peace a Chance? Si, Se puede!

María Elena Durazo | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez Day, Undocumented Immigrants, Ufw, Afl-Cio, Immigration, Immigrants, Pomona College, Labor Unions, Cesar Chavez, Immigration Reform, Labor, Organizing, Union Organizing, Maria Elena Durazo, Unite Here, Unions, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Latino Voices News

The fight for a union at Pomona's dining hall continues, and unfortunately, so does the Pomona Administration's opposition.

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LOOK: Latino Leaders Inspired By MLK, Civil Rights Movement

Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: United Farm Workers, Latinos, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Martin Luther King, Hispanic Activists, Latinos Inspired by Martin Luther King, Latino Voices News

The legacy and continued influence of Martin Luther King Jr. is undeniable, even if it has not yet fully been realized. As Latinos, we recognize th...

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Instead of Complaining About Teachers, Become One

Shaun Johnson | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Stephen Colbert, United Farm Workers, Republican Party, Benefits, Public Sector, Conservatives, Private Sector, Salary, Pensions, Education Reform, Teachers, Tea Party, Education News

I implore all readers out there who begrudge teachers of what they earn to quit their dead-end private sector jobs and become a teacher. If you want information, I'm happy to provide it in the comments.

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More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism

Avital Binshtock | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Clean Alternative Energy Program, Children, Epa, Beso, Agriculture, Green, The Harvest, Shine Global, Producer, Seasonal, Recycling, Regulations, Farms, Volunteer, Eva Longoria, Al Gore, Farmworkers, Dropouts, Poverty, Local, Gabrielle Solis, Pizza Fusion, Film, United Farm Workers, School, Greenville Project, Sustainable, Chefs, Las Vegas, Developers, Food, Construction, Fields, Health. Education, Pesticides, Eco, Immigrants, Retail, Hormones, Organic, Commercial Real Estate, Desperate Housewives, Inconvenient Truth, Philanthropy, Hybrids, Activism, Bill Clinton, Abc, Oregon, Toxic, Felicity Huffman, CARE Act, Laborers, Los Angeles, Gym, Portland, Fame, La Cosecha, Marcia Cross, Restaurants, Environment, Documentary, Ingredients, Ranch, Prop 87, Bottled Water, Hollywood, Green News

Eva Longoria, who plays the self-involved Gabrielle Solis on ABC's Desperate Housewives, takes on extracurricular projects that set her far apart from her shallow onscreen persona.

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Perry’s Political Rise Began With Opposition To Pesticide Regulations

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Farm Workers, Environmental Protection Agency, Farming, Pesticides, Video, Karl Rove, Workers, Jim Hightower, Agriculture, Elections 2012, Environment, Workplace Safety, Rick Perry, Rick Perry Pesticides, Politics News

Jason Cherkis contributed reporting to this story. WASHINGTON -- More than two decades ago, there was a bitter fight within Texas' agricultural com...

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The Farm Workers and Jerry Brown Make Up, For Now

William Bradley | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Darrell Steinberg, Cesar Chavez, California, Arturo Rodriguez, United Farm Workers, Jerry Brown, Farm Workers, Farm Workers Union, Ufw, California Politics, Unions, Workers Rights, Los Angeles News

The canny Brown negotiated new legislation that allows the UFW some progress without granting its card check goal, thus turning a rally that would otherwise have been a protest of his policies into a muted celebration.

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Latino Farm Workers, No Pay And No Play

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: California Farm Workers, United Farm Workers, Farm Workers, Farm Worker Wages, Low Wages, Central Valley, California's Central Valley, Latino-Politics, Latino Voices News

By Eduardo Stanley FRESNO - No one knows the exact number of farm workers who year after year raise and harvest the crops grown in the Central Vall...

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Why Did Jerry Brown Veto the Farm Worker Bill?

William Bradley | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, California, Antonio Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Earl Warren, Barack Obama, Card Check, Afl-Cio, California Governor's Race, Art Pulaski, Gray Davis, Arturo Rodriguez, United Farm Workers, Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, Los Angeles News

In any real biography of Jerry Brown, the farm workers are not only a big chapter, they are shot through the entire story. Yet, he vetoed the bill.

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What Effect Will More Corporate Ads and Interrupted Programming Really Have on PBS?

Pearl Korn | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Pbs, United Farm Workers, Democracy Now!, David Koch, Michelle Rhee, Arturo Rodriguez, Pfizer, Bank of America, Monsanto, Cesar Chavez, Merrill Lynch, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Marian Wright Edelman, Affordable Care Act, PBS "Washington Week", Tea Party, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Brookings Institution, Bill Moyers, Latinos, Robert Reich, Merck, Jose Serrano, Exxon Mobil, Amy Goodman, British Petroleum, Juan Gonzalez, Single Payer, Center for American Progress, Students First, Npr, Bill Moyers Journal, Fcc, Jim Lehrer, John Podesta, The News Hour With Jim Lehrer, New York Times, Archer Daniels Midland, Children's Defense Fund, Media News

At PBS's recent annual gathering it was announced that the number and frequency of promotions for corporate sponsors would increase during a few noted programs as an experiment.

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GOP Voter Suppression Ad Fails As Pro-Immigrant Americans Refuse to Sit Down and Shut Up

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Latinos, Immigration Reform, Gop, Dolores Huerta, Elections, Minimum Wage, Pro-Immigrant, Voter Suppression, DREAM Act, Immigrants, Hispanics, Sb 1070, Health Care, Democrats, Latino Vote, Latinos for Reform, Midterm Elections, Politics News

A GOP-linked voter suppression ad is being run by a group calling itself Latinos for Reform. Does anyone really think DREAM Act kids and immigration advocates paid money to run these ads claiming to support reform?

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Help Not Wanted?

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Rather Reports, Dan Rather, United Farm Workers, Stephen Colbert, Immigration, Ufw, Saxby Chambliss, Business News

I have no interest in bickering over the strategic wisdom of Stephen Colbert's appearance before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, but I do have a bone to pick with his message.

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NO JOKE: Stephen Colbert To Testify Before Congress On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert will be testifying before Congress on Friday about immigration during a hearing called "Protecting America's Harve...

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Weekly Diaspora: The High Cost of Cheap Labor

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration, United Farm Workers, Unemployment Rate, Ice, Immigration Reform, Unemployment, Michigan Messenger, Oil Spill, H2-a Visa, Mother Jones, The Media Consortium, Katrina, New America Media, BP Oil Spill, Guest Workers, Economy, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger A new study about the effects of immigration on U.S. employment supports the long-standing argumen...

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Santana Rocks the 80th Birthday Tribute to Human Rights Icon Dolores Huerta: Si Se Puede!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Dolores Huerta Foundation, Zack De La Rocha, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Secretary Hilda Solis, Codepink, Congressman Raul Grijalva, Democracy Now!, Los Angeles News

For some, the proposition of going "door to door and person to person to get good people elected," may sound like a very lofty goal. But it's not too lofty for Dolores Huerta.

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The People -- and the Shame -- Behind Our Food

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Factory Farms, Food, Obesity, Organic Food, Green News

Our state's farm workers deserve every opportunity to participate in the California dream. We have the ability to stop the indignities, to end the suffering, to ease the fears -- and it is our moral imperative to do so.

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Cesar Chavez, Icon or Not?

Maurice Jourdane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, United Farm Workers, Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Grape Boycott, Agribusiness, Hispanics, Latino Americans, Unions, Barack Obama Unions, Farm Workers, Los Angeles News

If Chavez failed to build a long-lasting union, it was not because of administrative ineptness or an effort to preserve dictatorial control.

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Exclusive Video: Martin Sheen Speaks Out for Farm Workers

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Senator Dean Florez, Takepart.com, Martin Sheen, Maria Isabel Jimenez, Farm Workers, California, Politics News

We can't truly enjoy the bountiful summer harvests until the workers who plant and grow them are treated with dignity.

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California Schemin'

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Farm Workers, United Farm Workers, Farming, The Humane Society, Factory Farming, Humane Society, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Farming, Prop 2, Animals, California, Humane Society of the United States, Proposition 2, Industrial Agriculture, Local Farmers, Healthy Living News

The nation's largest egg producer is also one of the dirtiest; It has been cited numerous times for spilling chicken manure and chicken parts into rivers and streams.

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Big Business Bigotry

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Eggs, Cesar Chavez, California, Animal Rights, United Food and Commercial Workers, California Politics, Proposition 2, Animals, Politics News

In a shameless display of xenophobia, it seems the factory farm fakers have launched an all-out attack on Mexico.

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Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Kelly Candaele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, SEIU Presidential Endorsement, John McCain, Cio, Service Employees International, Seiu, Teamsters, Democrats, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Labor, John L Lewis, Senator McCain, Afl Cio, Maria Elena, American Federation of Labor, Afl, Durazo, Home News

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle.

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Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SEIU Presidential Endorsement, John McCain, Senator McCain, Cio, Seiu, Teamsters, Democrats, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Labor, John L Lewis, Afl Cio, Service Employees International, Maria Elena, American Federation of Labor, United Farm Workers, Afl, Durazo, Home News

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle.

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Obama Campaign Pursues California Delegates

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, California Primary, Barack Obama, Clinton California Endorsements, Obama California Primary, Votes Delegates California, Obama California Grassroots, Clinton California Primary, Home News

Like any intelligent insurgency, from the beginning Obama California has conceded Clintonian superiority. The strategy has been to steal from her in the base even as she dominates from the top.

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