United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News and Events
- 03/28/2020 Associated Press: Farmworkers key to keeping US fed are wary of virus spread
- 03/27/2020 Bloomberg: Washington Urged to Do More to Protect Essential Farmworkers
- 03/26/2020 The Californian: California farmworkers face new perils from mask shortage as growers try to roll out other protections
- 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 Industry silence a week after UFW ‘open letter’ called ‘meaningful steps to protect farm workers’ health and safety’
- 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
- 03/24/2020 Washington farm workers call for critical support
- 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