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News and Events
- 06/23/2020 The Fence Post: Merkley introduces bill to provide protections for farmworkers
- 06/23/2020 ‘Uniquely vulnerable’ farm workers on frontline of COVID-19 deserve protections of FARM Laborers Protection Act
- 06/22/2020 NBC News: Latino leaders demand Florida governor apologize for linking ‘Hispanic farmworkers’ to COVID-19 rise
- 06/19/2020 The New Republic: America Owes More to Its “Essential” Immigrant Workers
- 06/19/2020 The Press Democrat: Sonoma County wineries grapple with keeping workers safe as annual harvest nears
- 06/18/2020 NBC News: Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA in big win for Dreamers
- 06/18/2020 UFW: Obama-Biden created DACA, Trump tried to end it, Biden & new Senate can make it permanent
- 06/17/2020 from Teresa Romero Message of Solidarity at ILWU Convention
- 06/17/2020 County of San Luis Obismo: Covid-19 Testing for Farm Workers
- 06/15/2020 UFW & UFW Foundation: The LGBTQ community ‘makes our workplaces and communities stronger.’
- 06/15/2020 CNBC: Supreme Court won’t hear Trump administration challenge to California sanctuary law
- 06/12/2020 Voices of Monterey Bay: World Central Kitchen in Steinbeck’s land
- 06/09/2020 Los Angeles Times: ‘We can’t prevent it’: Farm workers paid low wages fear coronavirus spread in crowded housing
- 06/04/2020 63,000 prepared meals & 8,000-plus food boxes distributed so far to farm worker families during COVID-19 by World Central Kitchen, UFW Foundation, United Farm Workers
- 06/02/2020 Statement from UFW President Teresa Romero: ‘We must renew our determination to take action’
- 05/31/2020 Salon: Farmworkers are dying, COVID-19 cases are spiking, and the food system is in peril
- 05/28/2020 Eater: Gov. Jay Inslee Announces New COVID-19 Measures to Address Farmworker Safety
- 05/28/2020 United Farm Workers Statement on Today’s Updated Washington Labor and Industry Rules
- 05/28/2020 San Francisco Chronicle: William Carder dies — labor lawyer who won victories for UFW, Cesar Chavez
- 05/28/2020 SF Bay Area Indymedia: Dolores Huerta’s 90th Birthday Celebration for DHF COVID19 Relief Fund
- 05/28/2020 World Central Kitchen & UFW will distribute 3,000 fresh meals to farm workers in Santa Rosa
- 05/27/2020 The Hill: Senate Democrat introduces bill to protect food supply
- 05/27/2020 Feedstuffs: Senate Democrats introduce bill to strengthen food supply chain
- 05/27/2020 U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry News Advisory: Ranking Member Stabenow Introduces Legislation to Protect America’s Food Supply
- 05/26/2020 News Channel 9: Rhea Co. farm leader says all of their nearly 200 employees have virus, only 3 symptomatic