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News Coverage
- 02/21/2020 KGET 17: Vote fails to turn prisons in McFarland into ICE detention centers
- 02/12/2020 NBC News: Latino groups vow to fight for ban on pesticide linked to children’s health problems
- 02/07/2020 Mother Jones: Trump Rescued a Nasty Pesticide from an EPA Ban. Now Corteva Will Stop Making It
- 02/07/2020 Valley Town Crier: Long time coming: Starr County Campus unveils markers to honor 1966 farmworker strike
- 02/06/2020 Washington Post: Trump kept this controversial pesticide on the market. Now its biggest manufacturer is stopping production.
- 02/06/2020 Reuters: Corteva to stop making pesticide linked to kids’ health problems
- 02/05/2020 Texas Standard: New Rio Grande City Historical Markers Commemorate A 1966 Farmworkers’ Strike
- 02/05/2020 Idaho Statesman: Idaho pesticide rules could be relaxed after crop-duster group complaints
- 02/05/2020 Daily Kos: UFW, UFWF leader urges U.S. climate crisis panel to protect farm workers from heat & pesticides
- 02/03/2020 Monterey Herald: Farmworker community member to be Rep. Panetta guest at State of the Union
- 02/03/2020 U.S. Rep. Panetta: Congressman Panetta to Host Farmworker at the State of the Union Address to Highlight Need for Immigration Reform and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 02/03/2020 The Packer: Panetta invites farmworker to State of the Union
- 02/03/2020 Sierra Sun Times: California Attorney General Urges EPA to Withdraw Plan Permitting Workers and Families to be Exposed to Pesticides
- 01/31/2020 KUOW: Washington farm workers talk working conditions with visiting Mexican senators
- 01/31/2020 Texas Border Business: Historical marker to honor 1966 farmworker strike
- 01/30/2020 KURV 710: Historic Upper Valley Farm Worker Strike To Be Memorialized With State Marker
- 01/30/2020 The Daily Chronicle: UFW Collaborates With Mexican Government to Improve Conditions for Dairy Workers in Pacific Northwest
- 01/29/2020 NBC Right Now: The United Farm Workers Union host infromational meetings on the “Blue Card”
- 01/29/2020 The Fresno Bee: Woman dies at Sanger packing house. Her clothes got caught in raisin processor
- 01/29/2020 FOX 11 and FOX 41: The United Farm Workers Union host informational meetings on the “Blue Card”
- 01/27/2020 Yakima Herald-Republic: UFW collaborates with Mexican government to improve conditions for dairy workers in Pacific Northwest
- 01/27/2020 The Davis Vanguard: United Farm Workers Endorse SB 50
- 01/27/2020 NBC News: In 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court allows Trump plan to deny green cards to those who may need gov’t aid
- 01/25/2020 Mother Jones: Trump’s USDA Chief Thinks Farm Workers Are Overpaid
- 01/24/2020 AgNet West: New Joint Employer Liability Guidelines Effective in March