United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 06/29/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: Employees blame Primex for family members’ infection
- 06/29/2020 NBC News: Into Protecting Florida Farmworkers
- 06/29/2020 Ventura County Star: Coronavirus update Monday: Outbreak at Oxnard farmworker housing infects 95 so far
- 06/29/2020 KEYT: COVID-19 outbreak hits Oxnard farmworker housing facility
- 06/29/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: Employees blame Primex for family members’ infection
- 06/29/2020 Sin Muros News: Denuncian trabajadores en California haber sido expuestos al covid19 por su empresa
- 06/29/2020 Kern Co. farm workers expose grievances as COVID-19 cases surge & Primex Farms fails to protect them
- 06/28/2020 Valdosta Daily Times: Business Briefs – Swilley named Hospital Hero
- 06/27/2020 The Desert Sun: Amid COVID-19, farmworkers face an impossible choice: Social distance or go to work
- 06/27/2020 Lake County Record-Bee: We have to get serious about protecting California farmworkers during COVID-19
- 06/27/2020 KQED: Farmworkers Strike for Better PPE After Dozens Test Positive for COVID-19
- 06/27/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: State investigates ag’s COVID-19 safeguards
- 06/26/2020 News-Daily: He’s considered an ‘essential’ worker. What he feels, though, is underpaid and at risk.
- 06/26/2020 KESQ News Channel 3: As virus surges and Newsom calls for action, Imperial County officials decide no changes
- 06/26/2020 CBS San Francisco: Farm Workers Strike In Central Valley After Dozens Stricken By COVID-19
- 06/26/2020 KMJ Now: Farm Workers Strike After Dozens Get Coronavirus
- 06/26/2020 Yahoo News: For migrant farmworkers, coronavirus adds new burdens
- 06/26/2020 NewsDio: Farm workers considered “essential” feel underpaid and at risk.
- 06/25/2020 Univision 21 Fresno: Trabajadores de una procesadora piden condiciones de seguridad por riesgo de coronavirus
- 06/25/2020 GV Wire: Wasco Farmworkers Strike. They Want Masks, Gloves
- 06/25/2020 Bridge Michigan: Coronavirus outbreaks tied to migrant farm workers in Michigan
- 06/25/2020 Bakersfield Now: PrimeX Farms’ workers go on strike
- 06/25/2020 Los Angeles Times: Farmworkers at Central California pistachio farm strike after dozens test positive for the coronavirus
- 06/25/2020 KGET: Primex Farms employees picketing after 31 workers test positive for COVID-19
- 06/25/2020 110,000-plus meals distributed so far for farm worker families by partnership of World Central Kitchen, UFW Foundation & UFW