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February 28, 2020 22:47 ET | Source: UFW Foundation

UFW Foundation: Possible expansion of for-profit immigrant detention facilities in the Central Valley fuels local communities to get out to vote

Delano, Calif.—, Feb. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On March 13, 2018, a farm worker husband-and-wife couple, Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Porfecto, died in a tragic car crash in...
February 05, 2020 20:34 ET | Source: UFW Foundation

UFW leader asks climate panel to protect farm workers from heat deaths

Washington, D.C., Feb. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Washington, D.C.— Former United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez urged the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to enact...
December 19, 2019 13:18 ET | Source: UFW Foundation

Cámara de Representantes Aprueba Legalización Para Campesinos Indocumentados

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Organizaciones que abogan por los trabajadores campesinos elogiaron a la Cámara de Representantes por la aprobación con 260-165 votos de la propuesta...