United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 04/19/2020 The Times of San Diego: A-List of Business Leaders from Apple to Walt Disney Will Steer California’s Economic Recovery
- 04/19/2020 The Seatle Times: As coronavirus cases in Yakima Valley agriculture spike, advocates for growers and workers react differently to new state guidelines
- 04/18/2020 The Fresno Bee: Is protecting farmworkers a national security issue? Fresno-area farmers say yes
- 04/18/2020 Mother Jones: As Growing Season Ramps Up, “Essential” Farmworkers Are Still Largely Unprotected
- 04/17/2020 MSN.com: Farm worker unions sue Washington state for safer work conditions due to coronavirus
- 04/17/2020 Cal Matters: Cut farmworker pay during the crisis? Don’t do it, California growers say
- 04/17/2020 Cal Matters: A-list business and union leaders combine to help steer California’s economic recovery
- 04/17/2020 Eater Seatle: Farmworkers Unions Sue Washington State Over Lack of Adequate COVID-19 Protections
- 04/17/2020 Capital Press: Washington sets virus-safety standards for agriculture
- 04/16/2020 CBS San Francisco: Coronavirus Update: California To Provide Supplemental Paid Sick Leave For Food Sector Workers
- 04/16/2020 Fresno Bee: As pandemic rages, it’s time to embrace farm workers as legal part of our future
- 04/16/2020 Bloomberg Law: California Governor Orders Virus Leave for Grocery, Farm Workers
- 04/16/2020 UC Berkley (blog): US food workers are in danger. That threatens all of us
- 04/16/2020 SFBayCa.com: Governor signs executive order granting sick leave for farming, food delivery workers
- 04/16/2020 Tri-City Herald: Farm worker unions sue Washington state for safer work conditions due to coronavirus
- 04/16/2020 Napa Valley Register: Amid a pandemic, business as usual puts Napa Valley’s farmworkers at risk
- 04/16/2020 Business Insider: California Gov. Newsom is making large grocery, food-delivery, and farming companies provide 2 weeks of COVID-19 sick pay
- 04/16/2020 Bloomberg: Farm Unions Blast Washington State in Worker Safety Suit
- 04/16/2020 UFW: Orden del Gob. Newsom sobre el pago de las ausencias por enfermedad ‘vitales’ en proteger a los campesinos, a los agricultores y al suministro de alimentos.
- 04/16/2020 UFW: Gov. Newsom order on paid sick leave ‘vital’ in protecting farm workers, farmers & the food supply
- 04/16/2020 Farm worker unions file emergency petition for judicial review, citing urgent need for ‘clear and decisive action’ to protect WA farm workers
- 04/15/2020 Food Safety News: Food worker advocates say lack of PPE endangering nation’s food supply
- 04/15/2020 The New York Tims: I Harvest Your Food. Why Isn’t My Health ‘Essential’?
- 04/15/2020 Tampa Bay News: Farmworkers now tagged as ‘essential,’ but often they’re not treated that way
- 04/15/2020 CBS News: Latino lawmakers call for farmworkers to be shielded from deportation during pandemic