News Coverage Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 08/11/2020 NBC News: Rep. Raul Ruiz, congressman and doctor, takes coronavirus testing to farmworkers 08/10/2020 Albany Times Union: Viewpoint: Farmworkers deserve basic COVID protections 08/10/2020 Standford Medicine Scope: Stanford medical student’s tweet about blueberry pickers’ wages goes viral 08/08/2020 The Guardian: ‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland 08/08/2020 Los Angeles Times: COVID-19 strikes Washington state farmworkers and swamps rural hospitals 08/07/2020 The Seattle Times: Widow recounts call with farmworker husband who died of COVID-19 in Okanogan labor camp 08/06/2020 Madera Tribune: UFW doing what it can to help workers 08/04/2020 Earthjustice: Lawmakers Aim To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticides With New Bill 08/04/2020 Drovers Magazine: Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Food Supply Protection Act 08/04/2020 The Hill: Democrats introduce bill to ban chlorpyrifos, other pesticides to protect farmworkers 08/04/2020 NEWS FROM THE U.S. CONGRESS Udall, Neguse Introduce Landmark Pesticide Reform to Protect Children, Farmworkers and Consumers from Toxic Pesticides: 08/02/2020 NPR: Washington Farmworkers Ask State Supreme Court For Overtime Pay 07/31/2020 ABC 7 News: Stanford student raises awareness for farm worker wages after getting $7 for picking 2 gallons of blueberries 07/29/2020 PRI The World: Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions. 07/28/2020 Courthouse News Service: Farmworkers Lobby Ninth Circuit to Force Ban on Pesticide That’s Toxic to Children 07/28/2020 KGET: UFW files charges against Primex Farms for allegedly firing employees who said company wasn’t protecting them from COVID-19 07/27/2020 NBC Bay Area: Union Claims Unsafe Coronavirus Conditions for Farm Workers 07/26/2020 CNBC: Advocates push for more farmworker protections as coronavirus cases surge 07/25/2020 Los Angeles Times: This county knew coronavirus could ravage its farmworkers. Why didn’t officials stop it? 07/23/2020 Tucson.com: As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers prioritize production over lives 07/23/2020 CAL Matters: Workers in the San Joaquin Valley ask the attorney general for support 07/23/2020 San Antonio Express-News: Ayala: First woman, immigrant to lead UFW sees no benefit in calling farmworkers ‘essential’ 07/22/2020 Grist Magazine: Why are farmworkers joining the strike for Black lives? Shared roots. 07/22/2020 Food Tank: New on the Podcast: Teresa Romero discusses justice for farm workers 07/21/2020 PBS Frontline: She Has Cancer and Is High-Risk for COVID Complications. But Like Many Essential Farmworkers, She Can’t Stay Home « Previous1…3435363738…300Next »