United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 04/09/2020 NewsDio: Google Doodle thanks farmers and farm workers during coronavirus outbreak
- 04/07/2020 San Antonio Express News: Ayala: We missed César Chávez’s birthday, let’s not miss his legacy
- 04/06/2020 Latin Post: Real Heroes 2.0: Latino Farmworkers Sustain Food in the US, but Are They Protected Against COVID-19?
- 04/06/2020 BuzzFeed News: Farmworkers Are Caught Between Coronavirus Fears And Feeding The Nation: “We Are Very Worried”
- 04/06/2020 Nonprofit Quarterly: Farmworkers Are Declared Essential but Treated as Disposable
- 04/06/2020 Desert Sun: Coronavirus update: State agency provides guidance on protecting farmworkers
- 04/04/2020 Grist: Essential but Exposed – Farmworkers are risking their lives to feed a nation on lockdown
- 04/04/2020 Desert Sun: At least eight employees of Coachella packinghouse test positive for coronavirus
- 04/04/2020 Keep Kennedy family in our prayers, farm worker movement asks
- 04/02/2020 ColorLines: Farmworkers Are Essential, Yet Remain Unprotected
- 04/02/2020 New York Times: Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic
- 04/01/2020 The American Prospect: America’s Farmworkers—Now ‘Essential,’ but Denied the Just-Enacted Benefits
- 04/01/2020 Los Angeles Times: Farmworkers face coronavirus risk: ‘You can’t pick strawberries over Zoom’
- 04/01/2020 KSBW The Central Coast: Unions push for more precautions, easier sick pay for farm workers during pandemic
- 03/31/2020 San Jose Spotlight: Kalra: Farmworkers deserve workplace protections too
- 03/31/2020 The Guardian: California’s farm workers pick America’s essential produce – unprotected from coronavirus
- 03/31/2020 Black Star Network: America’s Voice: Immigrants Essential in COVID-19 Fight
- 03/31/2020 CNN: Remembering the legacy of Cesar Chavez
- 03/31/2020 NBC News: On César Chávez Day, Biden calls for coronavirus protections for farmworkers
- 03/31/2020 CapRadio: COVID-19 And Food: California Should Have Enough, Some Farms Struggle While Others Thrive, Farmworker Fears
- 03/31/2020 Mercury News: Photos: On Cesar Chavez Day, California farmworkers demand coronavirus aid
- 03/31/2020 Forbes: Grocers Are Offering Coronavirus Hazard Pay. If Most Farms And Slaughterhouses Don’t Follow, A Far Bigger Problem Lurks.
- 03/30/2020 UFW’s 2nd ‘open letter’ to ag industry: Gestures and issuing guidelines ‘do not substitute for real steps to stem the virus’
- 03/29/2020 Yakima Herald: Efforts underway to make sure farmworkers have access to care, information
- 03/28/2020 Idaho Press: Governor vetoes pesticide spraying bill sought by cropduster industry