United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 05/14/2020 Eater: Why Farmworkers Are Especially at Risk for COVID-19
- 05/14/2020 The Madera Tribune: More than 3,000 meals distributed to farmworkers
- 05/14/2020 Business Insider: Washington state issues emergency rule to protect farm workers from COVID-19. But worker advocates fear it won’t save many lives.
- 05/13/2020 Environmental Working Group: Work Conditions Make Farmworkers Uniquely Vulnerable to COVID-19
- 05/13/2020 Civil Eats: As Hundreds of Farmworkers Test Positive for COVID-19, Many Remain Unprotected
- 05/12/2020 Beyond Pesticides: California Governor Emphasizes Pesticide Enforcement During Coronavirus Outbreak
- 05/12/2020 Politico: Filling the safety gap for farmworkers
- 05/12/2020 Food & Environment Reporting Network: Fearing the spread of Covid-19, workers strike at three fruit facilities in Washington State
- 05/12/2020 GET 17: UFW Foundation to distribute more than 4,000 meals Wednesday to farm workers in Delano
- 05/12/2020 Politico: Trump deems farmworkers ‘essential’ but not safety rules for them. That could threaten the food supply.
- 05/11/2020 NJ Spotlight: More Than Half of a South Jersey Farm’s Workers Infected With COVID-19, DOH Reports
- 05/11/2020 Phys.org: Poll finds broad support for farmworkers who labor through pandemic
- 05/08/2020 Rio Grande Guardian: Flores: Let’s show farmworkers and immigrant neighbors we value their essential labor
- 05/08/2020 LA Times: Most California voters back coronavirus protections for undocumented farmworkers, poll finds
- 05/07/2020 One News Page: UFW helps deliver meals to Delano farm worker families
- 05/07/2020 Madera: World Central Kitchen & farm worker movement once again distribute meals for farm worker families
- 05/07/2020 Wall Street Journal: As Tight Living Conditions Bring Coronavirus Risks, Farms Secure Housing to Isolate Workers
- 05/06/2020 KGET 17: World Central Kitchen And UFW Donates Drive Thru Meals To Field Workers in Delano
- 05/06/2020 The New York Times: A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy
- 05/06/2020 Governor Newsom Announces Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Workers who Contract COVID-19 During Stay at Home Order
- 05/06/2020 Delano: World Central Kitchen & farm worker movement once again distribute meals for farm worker families
- 05/05/2020 KUOW News: A ‘perfect storm’ in Yakima County puts residents on edge
- 05/05/2020 YakTriNews KAPP-KVEW: Farm workers’ unions fighting for ‘enforceable rules’ for workplace COVID-19 precautions
- 05/04/2020 New York Daily News: The New York The hands that feed us: Protect New York’s farmworkers from coronavirus, too
- 05/04/2020 Greensboro News & Record: Advocates for migrant farm workers urge state and federal agencies to protect workers from COVID-19