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California Farmworkers Unionize Under New Law

Explore the ongoing battle between Wonderful Co. and UFW over farmworker unionization in California's Central Valley.

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From NASA to farm unions: Meet the Latinas among 2024's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Ellen Ochoa and Teresa Romero join a class that also includes Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi and Michael Bloomberg

Latin Times

The California town that could hold the key to control of the House in 2024

Delano is in the heart of a district won by Biden but held by a Republican. Will David Valadao’s vote to impeach Trump help him hang on?

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UFW just got big union wins at New York farms. Is the same coming for California?

The United Farm Workers just had its biggest unionizing success in years, and it didn’t happen in California.

Tribune News Service

Union wins at New York farms raise hopes for once-powerful UFW

Five hundred farmworkers have unionized – the biggest success in years for the union co-founded by Cesar Chavez

The Guardian - US

Storm flooding compounds misery for California farms and workers

The sun was shining again recently when Fidencio Velasquez visited what used to be 90 acres of prime Ventura County strawberry fields.

Los Angeles Times

Overtime law was supposed to help these California workers. Many make less money now

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As a 2016 California law requiring agricultural employers to pay overtime continues to roll out in 2023, farmworkers and employers say the policy is costing them money.

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Union Health Plan Provides Much-Needed Safety Net

The Robert F. Kennedy farmworkers plan is limited, but it is the best option for many.

Capital & Main

Fred Ross Jr.: An Appreciation

An innovative organizer for three unions, Ross also challenged U.S. policy toward Central America.

Capital & Main

Farmer vs. farmworker's son. What this race for Congress means in California's Central Valley

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — As a teenager, David Valadao had a long list of chores to do before school every day. He'd jump on his tractor, buck hay and feed the family's dairy cows on their Hanford farm. After school, it was more of the same.

Los Angeles Times

Prince of Wales speaks of ‘much-missed grandmother’ who cared for natural world

William delivered a speech at the United for Wildlife global summit in London.

The Independent UK

Newsom signs UFW bill aimed at helping California farmworkers organize

After previously indicating he might veto the measure, Gov. Gavin Newson signed a new law Wednesday that will make it easier for agricultural laborers to join unions, a hard-fought win for the United Farm Workers.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: Biden turns tables on Newsom by backing California farmworker bill

California farmworkers may struggle with clout in our state Capitol, but they definitely have friends in higher places.

Los Angeles Times

Biden’s support of California farmworker bill makes it ‘complicated’ for Newsom

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs whether to veto another California farmworker union bill, he has a new and unexpected voice in his ear: President Joe Biden, who has decided to inject national politics into a state labor battle.

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George Skelton: Newsom skipped meeting with UFW leaders. Now he should sign California's farmworker union bill

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1966, Gov. Pat Brown made a politically tone-deaf mistake with Cesar Chavez's farmworkers union. This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom repeated the goof. Brown redeemed himself. Newsom probably won't.

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: Cesar Chavez's grandson wants to introduce his 'Tata' to a new generation

When I visited the National Chavez Center earlier this summer, the solemnity of the site hit me the moment I parked.

Los Angeles Times

Once struggling, United Farm Workers gains new clout in California, wants to use it

CERES, Calif. — By late morning it was already hot, but not nearly as scorching as it would be in just a few hours. Lourdes Cardenas, 59, had already walked nearly 8 dusty, sun-blasted miles from Turlock, with about that many more to go to the day’s destination in downtown…

Daily Mirror

Prince William slams 'insidious' wildlife crimes as poacher given five years in prison

Prince William has praised the "significant victory and landmark case" after poacher Moazu Kromah was jailed for 63 months for conspiring to traffic millions in rhino horns and elephant ivory

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