United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 02/12/2021 The Daily Star: Farm Bureau says state should vaccinate farmworkers
- 02/12/2021 CBS Los Angeles: City Of Coachella Approves $4 Hero Pay For Farm Workers
- 02/11/2021 NBC News: ‘A death sentence’: Activists call on Florida governor to prioritize vaccines for farmworkers
- 02/11/2021 The Counter: Nation’s first mandatory farmworker hazard pay gains approval
- 02/11/2021 CBS 46: A California city could be the first in the nation to require pandemic hazard pay for farmworkers
- 02/10/2021 NPR: Coronavirus Testing Remains A Problem For Farmworkers, Meatpackers
- 02/10/2021 NBC Palm Springs: Farm Worker Advocates Talk Vaccine Disparity
- 02/09/2021 AG Net West: Farmworker COVID Safety Project Launched Through UC Davis
- 02/09/2021 Davis Enterprise: Farmworker advocates call for vaccination priority
- 02/08/2021 Channel 3 News: Vaccine clinics for farmworkers being held in the east valley this week
- 02/07/2021 NBC News: Latino workers, groups blast California officials over Covid-19 vaccine rollout changes
- 02/06/2021 The Mercury News: Food and farm workers wait for vaccine as California prioritizes elders
- 02/06/2021 Paso Robles Daily News: When will SLO County ag workers receive COVID-19 vaccine?
- 02/05/2021 The Fresno Bee: After major COVID outbreaks, Foster Farms’ duty now is to keep essential workers safe
- 02/05/2021 Valley Public Radio: Report: During 8 Months In 2020, Deaths Among Farm Workers Rose 40 Percent
- 02/05/2021 CAP Radio: Vaccine Clinics For California’s Farmworkers Are Starting, But Advocates Say There Are Hurdles
- 02/05/2021 NPR: Rep. Ruiz: Vaccinating Food And Farm Workers Requires An ‘Active, Concerted Effort’
- 02/05/2021 KQED: ‘These Numbers Seem Suspect’: Officials Didn’t Trust Foster Farms’ COVID-19 Data During Plant Outbreak, Emails Show
- 02/05/2021 The Progressive: On the Line: Farmwork in the Era of COVID-19
- 02/05/2021 KON 5/46 News Channel: Salinas mayor asks county health to designate set amount of vaccines for farmworkers
- 02/04/2021 Food Dive: Foster Farms hits 85% employee vaccination rate through on-site COVID-19 clinic
- 02/04/2021 The Guardian: ‘Please send more vaccines’: Covid crisis engulfs California’s farming heartland
- 02/04/2021 Lake County Record-Bee: Farmworkers say employers, Cal/OSHA don’t enforce COVID-19 safety regulations
- 02/04/2021 WGLT 89.1FM: Should Calif. Farmworkers Be Next In Line To Get COVID-19 Vaccine?
- 02/04/2021 New Times SLO: Essential farmworkers still lack access to COVID-19 assistance