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News Coverage
- 03/18/2021 The White House: “Statement of Administrative Policy” on Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 03/17/2021 Yakima Herald: Agriculture industry, farmworker advocates craft efforts to get workers vaccinated
- 03/17/2021 CBS News: Efforts to vaccinate farmworkers hindered by eligibility
- 03/15/2021 Forbes: 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants Await Chance To Come Out From The Shadows
- 03/14/2021 The Counter: Farm workers still don’t get paid for overtime in most places: “This is the very definition of structural racism”
- 03/14/2021 Bakersfield Californian: PHOTO GALLERY: Vaccination efforts for farm workers get underway at The Forty Acres
- 03/14/2021 USA Today: The House is taking up immigration reform this week. Democrats are cautiously optimistic about Senate support
- 03/13/2021 KGET 17: Thousands of farmworkers to get COVID vaccine at mass vaccination site in Delano
- 03/12/2021 Spartan Newsroom: Farmworkers need information on pesticides, federal report says
- 03/12/2021 KCET: The Push to Vaccinate Our Farmworkers | Mar. 12
- 03/12/2021 Q13 Fox: Measure allowing overtime for farmworkers moves forward
- 03/11/2021 The Bakersfield Californian: ‘Dream’ of Cesar Chavez continues with vaccination clinic at The Forty Acres
- 03/10/2021 The Stand: About The Stand Calendar Contact Us State Senate approves 40-hour work week for farm workers
- 03/10/2021 KION 5/46: Salinas berry worker travels to Washington, DC to support Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 03/10/2021 Tampa Bay Times: U.S. farmworkers, including in Florida, face hurdles to get vaccinations
- 03/09/2021 The Bakersfield Californian: Mass vaccination efforts for farm workers will be held at Forty Acres in Delano
- 03/09/2021 KGET: County launching 2 mobile clinics to vaccinate ag workers
- 03/08/2021 Yahoo! News: Labor leader Dolores Huerta on prioritizing agricultural workers for the COVID vaccines
- 03/08/2021 CAL Matters: Prioritize California’s farmworkers and provide them COVID vaccines
- 03/08/2021 CAL Matters: Eager to be vaccinated, California farmworkers face obstacles
- 03/06/2021 The Fresno Bee: Fresno’s undocumented farmworkers have renewed hope for citizenship path under Biden
- 03/03/2021 U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren: Lofgren, Newhouse Introduce the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021
- 03/03/2021 Spectrum News 1: United Farm Workers Partners With Ventura County to Vaccinate Farmworkers
- 03/02/2021 Bloomberg Government: Farmworkers Need More Covid Safeguards, Activists Tell House (1)
- 03/01/2021 The New York Times: Thousands of Farmworkers Are Prioritized for the Coronavirus Vaccine