United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 03/26/2020 Desert Sun: Coronavirus: California farmworkers, growers continue working in fields through pandemic
- 03/26/2020 HuffPost.com: Migrant Farmworkers Feed America — And They’re At High Risk For A Coronavirus Outbreak
- 03/26/2020 Monterey County Weekly: Major raspberry grower laying off 334 workers after losing fight to labor union.
- 03/25/2020 KQED: Farmworkers Can’t Pick Crops Remotely. How Can They Stay Safe?
- 03/25/2020 San Diego Union Tribune: El ‘alarmante’ impacto del coronavirus en la fuerza laboral latina
- 03/25/2020 Civil Eats: Farmworkers Are in the Coronavirus Crosshairs
- 03/24/2020 LA Magazine: Farm Workers Are Still in the Fields as the Pandemic Spreads
- 03/23/2020 The River Newsroom: New York Farmworkers Finally Have Labor Rights, But the Fight Isn’t Over
- 03/23/2020 Idaho Press: Farmworkers can’t work from home. What does the coronavirus outbreak mean for Idaho’s agriculture industry?
- 03/23/2020 LatinLive: Unsung Heroes: Mexican Laborers Still Working Hard In The Fields, Providing Our Food
- 03/22/2020 Tehachapi News: Exemption allows farmwork despite lockdown
- 03/21/2020 The Sacramento Bee: Immigrant farmworkers feed us despite the coronavirus pandemic. They deserve better
- 03/20/2020 Sacramento Bee: Farmworkers pick our food. Shouldn’t we care about their health and coronavirus exposure?
- 03/19/2020 Reuters: U.S. seeks option to allow Mexico guest workers on farms as visas slowed
- 03/19/2020 The Hill: DHS issues guidelines defining critical jobs during the coronavirus crisis
- 03/19/2020 NPR: COVID-19 Threatens Food Supply Chain As Farms Worry About Workers Falling Ill
- 03/19/2020 Politico: Coronavirus stress-tests the food supply network
- 03/19/2020 Capital Press: H-2A cutoff averted as virus adds to labor worries
- 03/19/2020 The Californian- Salinas:Ag workers exempted from COVID-19 shelter in place mandate, advocates fear for health
- 03/19/2020 Monterey Herald & Mercury News: COVID-19: Agriculture exempt from shelter in place
- 03/19/2020 Los Angeles Times: Will coronavirus affect food supply? First problem: A possible shortage of workers
- 03/19/2020 Fresno Bee: Agriculture and coronavirus: No major disruption in San Joaquin Valley as of yet
- 03/19/2020 NBCNews: U.S. restricts visas for farmworkers, raising concerns about food supply
- 03/18/2020 Monterey Herald: Agriculture exempt from shelter in place. Farmworkers stay on the job.
- 03/18/2020 The Counter: Pre-existing conditions, no sick leave and health insurance put farm workers at increased coronavirus risk