United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 06/24/2020 MSN: Many California Latinos are essential workers — and they’re getting COVID-19 at alarming rates
- 06/24/2020 The Sacramento Bee: Many California Latinos are essential workers – and they’re getting COVID-19 at alarming rates
- 06/24/2020 Miami Herald: Florida governor owes an apology for blaming COVID-19 spike on ‘Hispanic’ workers |
- 06/23/2020 FERN: Farmworkers win rate hike from Driscoll’s supplier after walkout, petition
- 06/23/2020 Politico: Help wanted for farmworkers
- 06/23/2020 VTDigger: Moats: Migrant farm workers especially vulnerable to effects of pandemic
- 06/23/2020 The Straits Times: Trump halts entry of some foreign workers, upsetting businesses
- 06/23/2020 The Fence Post: Merkley introduces bill to provide protections for farmworkers
- 06/23/2020 FERN: Coronavirus pay raise proposed for farmworkers
- 06/23/2020 EIN Presswire: Ruiz Introduces Legislation to Protect Farmworkers Against COVID-19
- 06/23/2020 ‘Uniquely vulnerable’ farm workers on frontline of COVID-19 deserve protections of FARM Laborers Protection Act
- 06/22/2020 Colorado Politics: State agriculture department releases suggestions for protecting farmworkers
- 06/22/2020 The Wenatchee World: Latino ag workforce a focus of Yakima County’s campaign to slow virus spread
- 06/22/2020 NBC News: Latino leaders demand Florida governor apologize for linking ‘Hispanic farmworkers’ to COVID-19 rise
- 06/22/2020 The Middletown Press: Virus is taking big toll on farm county in Washington state
- 06/22/2020 The Daily Chronicle: In Yakima County, as Cases Soar, Community Spread Increasingly Drives the Coronavirus Pandemic
- 06/21/2020 West Michigan Business News: Pandemic exacerbates concerns for migrant farm workers
- 06/20/2020 The Desert Sun: Farmworkers adjust to new health protocols as grape harvest peaks during coronavirus pandemic
- 06/20/2020 Skagit Valley Herald: Groups increase outreach to farmworkers during pandemic
- 06/20/2020 WAMC: Free Testing For Covid-19 Offered To Western Mass. Farm Workers
- 06/19/2020 The North Bay Business Journal: Sonoma County wineries grapple with keeping workers safe as annual harvest nears
- 06/19/2020 WPEC CBS 12: Groups, leaders react to governor’s comments on farmworkers and coronavirus
- 06/19/2020 The New Republic: America Owes More to Its “Essential” Immigrant Workers
- 06/19/2020 The Press Democrat: Sonoma County wineries grapple with keeping workers safe as annual harvest nears
- 06/18/2020 The Guardian: ‘Our bills won’t wait’: the Florida town where farm laborers risk their lives to work amid Covid-19