United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 11/18/2020 Berkeley News: Our food system during a pandemic: California farmworkers’ COVID-19 rates and risks
- 11/18/2020 Iowa Capital Dispatch: Lawsuit: Tyson managers bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19
- 11/16/2020 Patch.com: Major Coronavirus Outbreak Hits Upstate Immigrant Farm Workers
- 11/16/2020 NJ.com : Farm worker with coronavirus improperly denied sick pay, labor officials say
- 11/16/2020 North Carolina Health News: More farmworker women are bringing their children to work during the pandemic
- 11/16/2020 Eater: Food Supply Industry Asks White House for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Priority
- 11/15/2020 Ventura County Star: Farmworker assistance program gets $3 million boost after Ventura County sees high demand
- 11/14/2020 NBC Palm Springs: Local Organizations Raise $700,000 To Aid Farm-workers
- 11/13/2020 iFiberOne: 20 farms fined for not protecting workers from COVID-19
- 11/13/2020 Food Dive: Food and beverage groups ask White House for priority on COVID-19 vaccines
- 11/12/2020 Channel 3 News: Local organizations collect $700K to support farmworkers affected by COVID-19
- 11/11/2020 PBS News Hour: Deemed essential, California farmworkers risk disease and deportation
- 11/11/2020 Tri County Sentry: Food giveaway benefits farmworkers
- 11/10/2020 BELatina Daily: Latina Farmworkers Face Harsh Workplace Hazards and Minimal Care
- 11/10/2020 The Fern: Food system workers may get early access to a Covid-19 vaccine, but how should states prepare?
- 11/10/2020 CBS News 8: Essential agriculture workers have been hit devastatingly hard by the coronavirus
- 11/09/2020 Desert Sun: This program provides farmworkers who contract COVID-19 with $2,000. It’s a ‘huge help’
- 11/09/2020 Ms. Magazine: COVID-19 is Disproportionately Affecting Farmworkers in California
- 11/09/2020 The Counter: While he’s still president, Trump will freeze farm worker pay, and cut projected earnings by $1.68 billion over 10 years
- 11/09/2020 Jacobin: Trump’s Parting Gift to Screw Over Workers
- 11/09/2020 Huffpost: Trump Administration Moves To Freeze Wages For Farmworkers Before Leaving Office
- 11/09/2020 Truthout: Trump Freezes Wages of Farmworkers Following Election Day
- 11/08/2020 Merced Sun-Star Opinion Valley’s farm-worker towns too often forgotten, sometimes with fatal consequences
- 11/08/2020 abc 10: Essential agriculture workers have been hit devastatingly hard by the coronavirus
- 11/07/2020 Greensboro News & Record: ‘We are not disposable’: N.C. agricultural workers continue to demand COVID-19 protections