United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 06/29/2020 Ventura County Star: Coronavirus update Monday: Outbreak at Oxnard farmworker housing infects 95 so far
- 06/29/2020 KEYT: COVID-19 outbreak hits Oxnard farmworker housing facility
- 06/29/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: Employees blame Primex for family members’ infection
- 06/28/2020 Explica: Farmworker housing crisis makes people sleep in dining rooms
- 06/27/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: State investigates ag’s COVID-19 safeguards
- 06/25/2020 Bakersfield Now: PrimeX Farms’ workers go on strike
- 06/25/2020 Los Angeles Times: Farmworkers at Central California pistachio farm strike after dozens test positive for the coronavirus
- 06/25/2020 KGET: Primex Farms employees picketing after 31 workers test positive for COVID-19
- 06/24/2020 Business Insider: ‘Elections matter’: Biden receives endorsement from United Farm Workers, which represents thousands of employees in agriculture
- 06/24/2020 Politico: FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — UFW BACKS BIDEN
- 06/23/2020 The Fence Post: Merkley introduces bill to provide protections for farmworkers
- 06/22/2020 NBC News: Latino leaders demand Florida governor apologize for linking ‘Hispanic farmworkers’ to COVID-19 rise
- 06/19/2020 The New Republic: America Owes More to Its “Essential” Immigrant Workers
- 06/19/2020 The Press Democrat: Sonoma County wineries grapple with keeping workers safe as annual harvest nears
- 06/18/2020 NBC News: Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA in big win for Dreamers
- 06/17/2020 County of San Luis Obismo: Covid-19 Testing for Farm Workers
- 06/15/2020 CNBC: Supreme Court won’t hear Trump administration challenge to California sanctuary law
- 06/12/2020 Voices of Monterey Bay: World Central Kitchen in Steinbeck’s land
- 06/09/2020 Los Angeles Times: ‘We can’t prevent it’: Farm workers paid low wages fear coronavirus spread in crowded housing
- 05/31/2020 Salon: Farmworkers are dying, COVID-19 cases are spiking, and the food system is in peril
- 05/28/2020 Eater: Gov. Jay Inslee Announces New COVID-19 Measures to Address Farmworker Safety
- 05/28/2020 San Francisco Chronicle: William Carder dies — labor lawyer who won victories for UFW, Cesar Chavez
- 05/28/2020 SF Bay Area Indymedia: Dolores Huerta’s 90th Birthday Celebration for DHF COVID19 Relief Fund
- 05/27/2020 The Hill: Senate Democrat introduces bill to protect food supply
- 05/27/2020 Feedstuffs: Senate Democrats introduce bill to strengthen food supply chain