United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 06/04/2020 63,000 prepared meals & 8,000-plus food boxes distributed so far to farm worker families during COVID-19 by World Central Kitchen, UFW Foundation, United Farm Workers
- 06/03/2020 The Packer: OSHA, CDC release pandemic guidelines for farmworkers
- 06/03/2020 Episcopal News Service: Episcopal farmworker ministries respond to needs during COVID-19 pandemic
- 06/03/2020 Univision: “Nos decían ilegales y ahora somos esenciales”: los inmigrantes del campo alimentaron a EEUU sin tregua por la pandemia
- 06/02/2020 San Antonio Express-News: Ayala: South Texas farmworkers get an assist from stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo
- 06/02/2020 Raw Story: Farmworkers are dying, COVID-19 cases are spiking and the food system is in peril
- 06/02/2020 In These Times: The Food Industry’s Next Covid-19 Victims: Migrant Farmworkers
- 06/02/2020 Random Lengths: Apple Shed Strikes Win Recognition, And The Fight Goes On
- 06/02/2020 Fern’s AG Insider: Fruit-packing workers strike, and Washington State strengthens Covid-19 protections
- 06/02/2020 San Antonio Express-News: Ayala: South Texas farmworkers get an assist from stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo
- 06/01/2020 The Capital Journal: COVID outbreaks on produce farms another threat to food supply
- 06/01/2020 The Hamilton Spectator: COVID-19 outbreak on Norfolk farm worsens as 120 workers test positive
- 05/31/2020 Twin Falls Times-News: Washington ag workers get new protections from COVID-19
- 05/31/2020 King City Rustler: Meal giveaway for farmworkers in Greenfield grows to 3,000
- 05/31/2020 Salon: Farmworkers are dying, COVID-19 cases are spiking, and the food system is in peril
- 05/31/2020 King City Rustler: Meal giveaway for farmworkers in Greenfield grows to 3,000
- 05/30/2020 Washington Policy (blog): Ag worker proclamation tries to send safety message
- 05/29/2020 Capital Press: Washington governor supersedes L&I’s farm-safety rules
- 05/29/2020 Centralia Chronicle: Washington Ag Workers Get New Protections From COVID-19
- 05/29/2020 YakTriNews KAPP-KVEW: Unions celebrate new state protections for farm workers, but say the fight isn’t over
- 05/28/2020 Democracy Now!: Doctors Without Borders Warns of Spike in Coronavirus Cases Among Florida Farmworkers
- 05/28/2020 The Guardian: ‘The sun is hot and you can’t breathe in a mask’ – life as an undocumented farmworker
- 05/28/2020 The Fence Post: YOUR AD HERE » Stabenow introduces bill to ‘protect the food supply’ through grants, purchases
- 05/28/2020 msnNOW: Inslee Expands Farm Worker Protections, Care Facility Testing
- 05/28/2020 Tacoma News Tribune: Inslee announces additional COVID-19 safety standards for agricultural workers