United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 12/21/2020 Las Cruces Sun News: Migrant farmworkers think twice about travel amid COVID-19, lower earnings
- 12/21/2020 Grist: What California’s farmworkers can teach us during a season of giving
- 12/21/2020 CAP Radio: Central Valley Farmworkers Distrustful Of COVID Vaccine, Survey Suggests
- 12/21/2020 Business Insider: Apple farm hit with $2 million fine after migrant workers die of COVID-19
- 12/21/2020 KSBW 8: Pandemic won’t stop Second Harvest Food Bank from helping farm workers
- 12/20/2020 NBC Palm Springs: CDC recommends essential workers like teachers, farmers in next vaccine group
- 12/19/2020 CAL Matters: Why few farmworkers isolate in California’s free COVID-19 hotel rooms
- 12/19/2020 USA Today: As COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, undocumented immigrants fear retribution for seeking dose
- 12/19/2020 Desert Sun: ‘A lot of people are scared’: Groups work to educate California farmworkers about COVID-19 vaccine
- 12/19/2020 MSN News: Foster Farms facing lawsuit, union alleges ‘unsafe’ workplace amid COVID-19 outbreaks
- 12/19/2020 AgriNews: Agriculture workers risk safety and health during pandemic
- 12/19/2020 KEYT News Channel: Santa Maria farmworkers receive prepaid cards for food during pandemic
- 12/19/2020 The Fresno Bee: COVID-19 safety steps urged for Fresno farmworkers. Will it protect food supply chain?
- 12/19/2020 The Sacramento Bee: Foster Farms facing lawsuit, union alleges ‘unsafe’ workplace amid COVID-19 outbreak
- 12/18/2020 The Fresno Bee: Foster Farms facing lawsuit, union alleges ‘unsafe’ workplace amid COVID-19 outbreaks
- 12/18/2020 KQED: Lawsuit: Foster Farms Plant Operating in ‘Naked Disregard’ of COVID-19 Safety Rules
- 12/18/2020 CBS Los Angeles: Medical Experts Recommend Essential Workers Be Vaccinated In Next Phase
- 12/17/2020 Lawsuit: After 9 Deaths and 400 Infections at Foster Farms’ Meatpacking Plant, Restraining Order Needed to Protect Workers and Merced County
- 12/17/2020 Earthquakes raising $20,000 to supply holiday relief kits for farm worker families in Salinas
- 12/17/2020 Mother Jones: “Everyone Is Tired of Always Staying Silent”: Inside a Worker Rebellion in the Central Valley
- 12/16/2020 KQED: California’s Farmworkers Feed the World. Should They Be Next for a Vaccine?
- 12/15/2020 Woodland Daily Democrat: State’s farmworkers hit hard by COVID-19
- 12/15/2020 Catholic San Francisco: Nonprofits organize holiday outreach for Coastside farmworker, essential worker families
- 12/15/2020 Southeast AgNet: FDACS Update: Additional County Farmworker COVID-19 Testing Availability
- 12/12/2020 NBC Palm Springs: Local Leaders Introduce Assembly Bill Prioritizing Food Industry Workers For Vaccine