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News Coverage
- 05/25/2023 The Sacramento Bee: Sen. Alex Padilla pushes to grant 5 million undocumented workers ‘long overdue’ citizenship
- 05/17/2023 The Seattle Times: $3.4 million fine resolves lawsuit against WA mushroom farm
- 05/17/2023 Yakima Herald-Republic: Ostrom to pay workers $3.4 million to resolve WA attorney general lawsuit
- 05/17/2023 WA AG office: Sunnyside mushroom farm will pay $3.4 million for violating the civil rights of its workers
- 05/15/2023 Los Angeles Times: Newsom seals unusual deal allowing farmworkers new way to unionize
- 05/11/2023 Monterey Herald: County investigating unpermitted housing in Royal Oaks
- 05/11/2023 KION 5/46 News: Monterey County fines property owner over $59,000 for makeshift housing in Royal Oaks
- 05/11/2023 KSBW Action News: 100 farmworkers living in illegal ‘greenhouse-like’ structures in Prunedale
- 05/08/2023 Yakima-Heral Republic: Farmworkers continue to speak out about conditions at Sunnyside mushroom plant
- 05/08/2023 NPR: Immigration issues have an importance to Arizona farmers, in terms of workforce
- 05/05/2023 The Sacramento Bee: California farmworker union bill is on the verge of being available for use. What will it do?
- 05/02/2023 Jalopnik: Solidarity Can Come From Anywhere: How a California Lowrider Club Has Been Helping the United Farm Workers Union
- 04/30/2023 The Fresno Bee: Farm workers do the jobs most of us avoid. They need unemployment benefits | Opinion
- 04/24/2023 The Washington Post: ‘Do people have to die?’ Why these Californians fear catastrophic floods.
- 04/21/2023 Gizmodo: This Year’s Winter Storms Devastated Agricultural Workers
- 04/20/2023 Yakima Herald-Republic: UFW President Teresa Romero joins union rally at Sunnyside mushroom farm
- 04/17/2023 Uprise RI: Providence dedicates Cesar Chavez Memorial Way to late civil rights and labor leader
- 04/14/2023 KVPR: After a rural California hospital closes, farmworkers pay the price
- 04/11/2023 PBS News Hour: After a rural California hospital closes, farmworkers pay the price
- 04/04/2023 Los Angeles Times: Flooded California farm town pleaded for weeks for federal aid. It’s finally on the way
- 04/04/2023 abc 30: Legislation hopes to honor Cesar E. Chavez and farmworkers in America
- 04/02/2023 United States Department of Agriculture: Arturo S. Rodríguez: ¡Sí Se Puede! Improving the Lives and Livelihoods of Farmworkers
- 04/01/2023 The Washington Post: As California floods, a farmworker town feels forgotten — again
- 03/31/2023 CBS News Sacramento: Remembering Cesar Chavez, and picking up where he left off for farm worker rights
- 03/30/2023 National Geographics: How César Chávez changed the labor movement—and became an icon