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News Coverage
- 12/23/2020 QKED: Judge Orders Foster Farms to Comply With COVID-19 Safety Rules
- 12/22/2020 Civil Eats: Should Food and Farm Workers Be Next in Line for the COVID Vaccine?
- 12/22/2020 The Counter: Big Ag and labor groups alike want food and farm workers at the front of the vaccination line
- 12/21/2020 Business Insider: Apple farm hit with $2 million fine after migrant workers die of COVID-19
- 12/17/2020 Mother Jones: “Everyone Is Tired of Always Staying Silent”: Inside a Worker Rebellion in the Central Valley
- 12/16/2020 KQED: California’s Farmworkers Feed the World. Should They Be Next for a Vaccine?
- 12/12/2020 Los Angeles Times: New coronavirus outbreaks reported at Foster Farms poultry processing plants
- 12/11/2020 Civil Eats: Op-ed: Dear Secretary of Agriculture, This Is Your Chance
- 12/11/2020 The Packer: USDA to reinstate agricultural labor survey
- 12/11/2020 NBC News: Farmworkers, firefighters and flight attendants jockey for vaccine priority
- 12/10/2020 Yakima Herald: Letter: Help keep the community safe — donate masks to the United Farm Workers
- 12/09/2020 Cal Matters: New bill pushes California to stock, distribute masks to farmworkers during wildfires
- 12/09/2020 The Desert Review: Assemblymen Garcia and Rivas pass bill putting farmworkers to front of Covid-19 vaccine line
- 12/08/2020 KCET: Farmworkers are both #AlwaysEssential and Perpetually Disposable: How Can We Change All That?
- 12/03/2020 America Magazine: Rep. Joaquin Castro: It’s time for a Latino secretary of agriculture
- 11/30/2020 Courthouse News Service: Farmworkers’ Union Sues Feds Over Wage Freeze
- 11/27/2020 NBC Bay Area: Bay Area Loses Latino Icon to COVID-19
- 11/27/2020 The Desert Sun: Editorial: Farmworkers deserve priority when it comes to coming COVID-19 vaccination
- 11/25/2020 HuffPost: Watch How Your Thanksgiving Food Is Grown, And Humanize The Farm Workers Behind It
- 11/25/2020 MSNBC: Chris Hayes: This Is What Essential Work Looks Like
- 11/25/2020 Atlas Obcura: Celebrate the Farm Workers Behind Your Favorite Thanksgiving Sides
- 11/25/2020 TODAY: Viral Twitter thread shows the skillful farm work behind your Thanksgiving dinner
- 11/25/2020 CNN: See what farm workers do to get your favorite holiday meals on the table
- 11/25/2020 Pop Sugar: These Tweets Reveal Just How Much Hard Work Goes Into Your Thanksgiving Dinner
- 11/24/2020 The Bakersfield Californian: UFW Foundation calls for prioritizing farmworkers in COVID-19 vaccinations