United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 09/30/2020 Trump proposes cutting farm worker pay in the midst of a pandemic
- 09/29/2020 KIMA CBS 29: Union demands state do more to protect workers specifically from wildfire smoke
- 09/29/2020 Houston Chronicle: Study highlights immigrants as food savers but most impacted during pandemic
- 09/29/2020 Fast Company: Why environmental justice must be a part of green COVID-19 recovery
- 09/29/2020 Yakima Herald: Union asks state for rules to protect farmworkers during wildfire smoke
- 09/29/2020 San Benito County News: Gov. Newsom signs legislation from Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Package
- 09/29/2020 KBND FM 101.1: OFB Statement on Protections for Farmworkers
- 09/29/2020 Farm Bureau News: Farm Groups Seek Additional COVID-19 Protections for Farm Workers
- 09/29/2020 Prescott News: Heat, smoke, pandemic: Dangers multiply for farmworkers in 2020
- 09/28/2020 Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: Harvest During the Pandemic: In America’s Rust Belt, an Essential but Vulnerable Workforce Is Left To Fend for Themselves
- 09/28/2020 RFD TV: California needs masks to protect farm workers and to stay safe during wildfires
- 09/28/2020 Cronkite News: Heat, smoke, pandemic: Dangers multiply for farmworkers in 2020
- 09/28/2020 New Times SLO: Family Service Agency to provide health support for Santa Barbara County farmworkers
- 09/28/2020 Public Integrity: Trump attacks them. COVID-19 threatens them. But immigrants keep the U.S. fed.
- 09/27/2020 KEYT: All-volunteer group Feeding the Frontline collects food donations in Oxnard
- 09/27/2020 Truthout: Amid COVID and Wildfires, Farmworkers Have Been Pushed to the Brink
- 09/27/2020 The Hutchinson News: Program that aids disabled farm workers plans ‘Virtual State Fair’
- 09/26/2020 Minneapolis Star Tribune: Agriculture workers risk safety and health during pandemic
- 09/26/2020 Bakersfield Now: Housing for the Harvest program brings COVID-19 relief to Kern County farmworkers
- 09/26/2020 Panetta pushes for farmworker funding in next COVID-19 Relief PackageSan Benito County News:
- 09/26/2020 San José Spotlight: San Jose legislator pushes for immigration reforms amid COVID-19
- 09/26/2020 The Corvallis Advocate: Oregon Farmworkers Report Unreliable Safety Measures
- 09/26/2020 Huron Daily Tribune: Agriculture workers risk safety and health during pandemic
- 09/25/2020 La Opinion: Campesinos piden se reconozca el empleo esencial que realizan durante la pandemia para una legalización
- 09/25/2020 Daily Trojan Online: Putting The ‘I’ In Immigrant: Now more than ever, immigrant work is essential work