LOS ANGELES –Healthcare workers and community allies will rally TOMORROW at 12 p.m., Wednesday, May 11 in Beverly Hills outside of the annual Cedars‑Sinai Spring Luncheon and Fabulous Fashion Show.
Seventy years ago, Cesar Chavez helped register 4,000 new voters over 40 hectic days and nights in the east San Jose barrio of Sal Si Puedes. On Election Day, the local Republican Party sent “challengers” to intimidate first-time Latino voters.
WHITE PLAINS, NY (February 10, 2022) – Healthcare workers at the White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York have filed a petition seeking the removal of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199 union from their workplace.
UFW Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres and United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero responded to introduction of the Dream Act legislation providing a pathway to citizenship for nearly two million undocumented immigrants by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC). “The introduction of the Dream Act today is an important step towards justice,” said UFW Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres. “It is urgent that Congress pass the Dream Act and act quickly to enact meaningful immigration reform that legalizes farm workers, TPS holders and millions of undocumented immigrants who are the foundation of our vibrant communities and robust economies.”