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Lawrence Duga
He was the president of the Berkeley Co-op during which time the grocery chain was the first to refuse to buy grapes not picked by members of the United Farm Workers union.
Richard Meister
He was a co-author of the book "A Long Time Coming" in 1977, a history of farm labor.Besides being a writer, he was written about. ... Cesar Chavez became a good friend of Dick's after their first conversation ...
Movies opening Sept. 8
September 6, 2017 | Leba Hertz
Dolores: This documentary directed by Peter Bratt takes a look at Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez and is still active today at age 87.
As liberation struggles endure, so does Chicano protest art
June 24, 2020 | Montse Reyes
He marched in anti-war demonstrations and supported the United Farm Workers Union as a young Chicano who had grown up in immigrant labor camps in Watsonville and Salinas.
Rob Bonta confirmed as California attorney general amid calls for progressive direction
April 22, 2021 | Alexei Koseff
Bonta, 49, has been among the most progressive Democrats in Sacramento during his five terms in the Assembly, an outlook he attributed to growing up with activist parents who raised him for a time in a rural ...
1,000 farmworkers to get COVID-19 vaccine in Santa Clara County mobile clinic
March 1, 2021 | Vanessa Arredondo
Santa Clara County health officials said 1,000 workers from nearby farms were expected to receive vaccination shots Sunday and Wednesday at the Monterey Mushrooms facility. ... "The best way we can honor our ...
Progressives place reform hopes on Rob Bonta as California attorney general
They're not going to resonate in San Diego," said Brian Marvel, president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, a statewide coalition of police unions. ... The family moved to La Paz, a rural ...
Cesar Chavez home to be a monument
October 1, 2012 | Associated Press
The site served as national headquarters of the United Farm Workers union, as well as Chavez's home, from the early 1970s until his death in 1993. ... Obama said in a statement that Chavez "gave a voice to poor ...
In blow to Sanchez, Harris picks up Farm Workers endorsement
The United Farm Workers Union gave its backing to state Attorney General Kamala Harris Wednesday, praising her work protecting immigrants and backing collective bargaining for farm workers. ... "We also ...
Calling law irrelevant, state farm board chairman to step down
January 13, 2017 | Bob Egelko
By Bob Egelko Stanford Law Professor William Gould says he is stepping down as chairman of the state farm labor board and that California's landmark 1975 law, the nation's first to allow union organizing in the ...
Recommended books, April 20
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez A Biography By Miriam Pawel (Bloomsbury Press; 560 pages; $35) Pawel's book is the first comprehensive biography of the rise and messy decline of the United Farm Workers Union, and ...
East Bay assembly candidates stage polite but partisan debate
May 14, 2014 | Michele Ellson
He stressed his liberal Democrat roots, including his parents' involvement with the United Farm Workers Union.
Activist Huerta Tells the Mission, 'Si Se Puede!'
October 1, 2012 | Mission Loc@l
Local: In The Mission Mission Loc@l Mission Local By Talal Ansari Celebrated civil rights activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers union (UFW), Dolores Huerta, was honored at a benefit on Sunday. "I ...
Mission Residents Celebrate the Life of Cesar Chavez
April 13, 2014 | Mission Loc@l
The event was organized to celebrate the life and activism of Chavez, the labor and civil rights leader who, alongside Dolores Huerta, co-founded the United Farm Workers Union and famously boycotted the grape ...
Golden Gate National Recreation Area gets new chief
March 18, 2015 | Bob Egelko
During her tenure, the region has added three national monuments, including one dedicated to Cesar Chavez in Keene (Kern County), home of the labor leader's United Farm Workers Union.
Farmworkers-growers battle reaches California Supreme Court
August 19, 2015 | Bob Egelko
Union, growers'battle reachesstate high court By Bob Egelko The California Supreme Court took up a battle between growers and unions Wednesday, agreeing to decide whether the state can appoint a mediator to ...
Nora Brusuelas
They lived in the brand new subdivision called El Rancho Verde.When her children were older, Nora began working as Attendance Clerk at James Logan High School in Union City. ... Opportunities for women, for ...
Here's the road map for how a progressive can defeat Dianne Feinstein
October 12, 2017 | Joe Garofoli
Just this week, one of her erstwhile challengers, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, threw a fundraiser for Feinstein and the United Farm Workers union endorsed her. ... Keep talking about single-payer ...
Gov. Brown signs overtime-pay bill for farmworkers
September 12, 2016 | Melody Gutierrez
The eight-hour threshold for such farms will come in 2025. ... The legislation was sponsored by the United Farm Workers union. ... Brown has a long history of understanding the plight of farmworkers and what ...
Monsignor Eugene Boyle, maverick priest of '60 and '70s, dies
June 3, 2016 | Carl Nolte
He spoke in favor of fair housing, sought better treatment for gays in the church, quit the San Francisco Olympic Club because it excluded nonwhites, and supported the United Farm Workers union, led by Chavez.
-- An article Tuesday about the late labor lawyer Victor Van Bourg stated erroneously that he spent eight years as an attorney for Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers Union. The UFW says Van Bourg was the lawyer ...
Powerful state Democrat Kevin de León to challenge Feinstein for Senate
The United Farm Workers union also endorsed her, which could help counter de León's strategy of running up votes among Latinos. ... Senate Feinstein FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2017, file photo, United States Sen.
Willis Casey, tough insider, named S.F. police chief, 1990
November 13, 2015 | Johnny Miller
Huerta, a leader in the United Farm Workers union, was badly hurt. ... He was awarded a bachelor of laws by Columbia University in 1923, and last January, Hamilton College conferred upon him the honorary degree ...
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