United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 02/11/2021 The Counter: Nation’s first mandatory farmworker hazard pay gains approval
- 02/10/2021 NPR: Coronavirus Testing Remains A Problem For Farmworkers, Meatpackers
- 02/07/2021 NBC News: Latino workers, groups blast California officials over Covid-19 vaccine rollout changes
- 02/05/2021 CAP Radio: Vaccine Clinics For California’s Farmworkers Are Starting, But Advocates Say There Are Hurdles
- 02/05/2021 KQED: ‘These Numbers Seem Suspect’: Officials Didn’t Trust Foster Farms’ COVID-19 Data During Plant Outbreak, Emails Show
- 02/05/2021 The Progressive: On the Line: Farmwork in the Era of COVID-19
- 02/04/2021 WGLT 89.1FM: Should Calif. Farmworkers Be Next In Line To Get COVID-19 Vaccine?
- 02/03/2021 ABC 15 Arizona: Cesar Chavez bust near President Biden’s desk shows importance of immigrants to his agenda
- 02/03/2021 ABC News: The possible impacts of President Biden’s pathway to citizenship plan
- 02/02/2021 VC Star: Farmworkers say employers, Cal/OSHA don’t enforce COVID-19 safety regulations
- 02/02/2021 The Seatle Times: Farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers
- 02/02/2021 U.S. News & World Report: Essential Yet Under-Vaccinated, Some California Farmworkers Get Their Vaccines
- 01/28/2021 Monterey Herald: Coronavirus: Monterey Peninsula mayors urge prioritizing farmworker vaccinations
- 01/28/2021 Monterey County Weekly: The UFW joins the Biden administration in pushing for immigration reform.
- 01/25/2021 ABC 30: Farmworkers in West Fresno County receive COVID-19 vaccine
- 01/24/2021 NBC Bay Area: UCSF Research Shows Industries in Which Workers Are Most Likely to Die From COVID
- 01/21/2021 NBC Los Angeles: About the Bust of Civil Rights Leader Cesar Chávez in President Biden’s Oval Office
- 01/20/2021 The Hill: Biden replaces Andrew Jackson portrait in Oval Office, adds Cesar Chavez bust
- 01/20/2021 Business Insider: Biden unveils immigration proposal that offers green cards and overtime pay to farm workers and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
- 01/20/2021 Desert Sun: Biden immigration plan: Undocumented farmworkers could apply for green cards immediately
- 01/20/2021 CBS News: Biden plan would offer legal status to farm workers, “Dreamers” and other undocumented immigrants
- 01/17/2021 Politico: Agriculture Who is ‘essential’? Food and farm workers left in limbo in vaccine priorities
- 01/16/2021 The Desert Sun: Riverside County health officials working to ensure farmworkers receive COVID-19 vaccine, despite ongoing shortages
- 01/15/2021 Huffington Post: Democrats Call For Fast-Tracking Citizenship For Undocumented Essential Workers
- 01/15/2021 Politico: Democrats ready immigration push for Biden’s early days