United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 01/04/2021 The Desert Sun: Riverside County allocates another $500K for farmworkers with COVID-19. ‘The need is still higher’
- 01/02/2021 The Bakersfield Californian: State issues $77,500 in fines in aftermath of outbreak at Primex nut plant in Wasco
- 01/01/2021 The Sacramento Bee: New California workplace laws for 2021 tackle COVID outbreaks, family leave, gender pay gap
- 01/01/2021 The Hill: Twelfth worker at California poultry company dies of COVID-19
- 01/01/2021 CBS News: 12th worker’s COVID death renews pressure on California poultry producer Foster Farms
- 12/31/2020 KQED: Another Central Valley Foster Farms Employee Dies of COVID-19 Complications
- 12/31/2020 The Sacramento Bee: California farmworkers feed us. They deserve priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine
- 12/30/2020 The Counter: Why few farm workers isolate in California’s free Covid-19 hotel rooms
- 12/30/2020 The Fordham Observer: The People Who Should Have Won People of the Year
- 12/30/2020 The Fresno Bee: Employee dies following major coronavirus outbreak at Foster Farms Fresno facility
- 12/28/2020 NBC Bay Area: People 75 and Older, Teachers Among Those to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Next
- 12/24/2020 Illinois Newsroom: Farmworkers Who Help Put Food On American Tables Struggle To Afford It Themselves
- 12/24/2020 My Northwest: State hands out historically large fines after two WA farm workers die from COVID
- 12/24/2020 The Mercury News: Why few farmworkers isolate in California’s free COVID-19 hotel rooms
- 12/23/2020 Center for Public Integrity: Hidden hardship: Guest farmworkers with visas died of COVID-19 in obscurity while Trump planned wage freezes
- 12/23/2020 WATTAgNet Industry News & Trends: Suit seeks to force Foster Farms to better protect workers
- 12/23/2020 San Francisco Chronicle: Court orders virus safety rules for Foster Farms plant
- 12/23/2020 KCBS 106.9FM: Court orders Foster Farms to follow safety protocols after outbreak at Central Valley plant
- 12/23/2020 KQED: Judge Orders Foster Farms to Comply With COVID-19 Safety Rules
- 12/22/2020 Civil Eats: Should Food and Farm Workers Be Next in Line for the COVID Vaccine?
- 12/22/2020 Capital Press: Washington farm fined $2 million for virus violations
- 12/22/2020 The Counter: Big Ag and labor groups alike want food and farm workers at the front of the vaccination line
- 12/22/2020 The Packer: Farmworker COVID-19 prevention program established in Arizona
- 12/21/2020 Environmental Working Group: EWG Applauds Farm and Food Worker Protection Funds in Covid-19 Relief Package
- 12/21/2020 Stockton Record: ‘A lot of people are scared’: Groups work to educate California farmworkers about COVID-19 vaccine