United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 08/06/2020 ABC 10: California Coronaviris; Farmworker says he can not afford to stop working during the pandemic
- 08/06/2020 Agri Pulse: Daybreak: Farmworkers get masks at border crossing
- 08/06/2020 Voices of Monterey Bay: Lack of medical access and protective equipment among the causes of COVID-19 increase in farmers: study
- 08/06/2020 NBC News: California’s undocumented food workers face grim dilemma: health or wages
- 08/06/2020 Madera Tribune: UFW doing what it can to help workers
- 08/05/2020 National Consumers League: Farmworkers and COVID: ‘A ticking time bomb’
- 08/05/2020 msnNow: A growing concern: SJ County turns its attention to farmworkers with COVID-19 testing in Linden
- 08/05/2020 KSBW The Central Coast: New bill would require employers notify workers of COVID-19 infection within 24 hours
- 08/05/2020 Univision 21 Fresno: “Fue de un día para otro”: familia de campesino hispano cuenta cómo perdió la batalla contra el coronavirus
- 08/04/2020 The San Joaquin Valley Sun: Fresno Co. distributed 1mil pieces of PPE for farmworkers
- 08/04/2020 Michigan Advance: State requires coronavirus testing for farm workers
- 08/04/2020 Drovers Magazine: Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Food Supply Protection Act
- 08/04/2020 Univision Portland: Fondo de Oregon brindará 2 semanas de salario para campesinos impactados por el COVID-19
- 08/03/2020 Lake County News: California State Board of Food and Agriculture to discuss food assistance and farmer response to COVID-19
- 08/03/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: New mobile COVID-19 testing available for county’s farmworkers
- 08/03/2020 Bradenton Herald: Farm life has never been easy. COVID-19 adds a new layer of stress for workers, growers
- 08/03/2020 California Health Care Foundation: COVID-19’s Harvest of Danger
- 08/02/2020 KGW8: Financial relief coming for agricultural workers in Oregon who are self-quarantining
- 08/01/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: COVID-19 continues to disproportionately impact local Latino community
- 08/01/2020 KPTV Fox 12: Oregon Gov. Brown announces new program to help agriculture, farmworkers affected by COVID-19
- 08/01/2020 KTVZ News Channel 21: Programs launched to assist farmworkers in self-quarantine
- 08/01/2020 Imperial Valley Press: More than a half million masks distributed to local ag since May
- 07/31/2020 Univision 19 Sacramento: Trabajadores del campo reciben cientos de equipos de salud para protegerse contra el coronavirus
- 07/31/2020 ABC 10 News: Traveling medical unit provides care to the migrant farmworkers bringing food to tables
- 07/31/2020 The Californian (Opinion): Children of farmworkers need care during COVID-19 pandemic