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Corona Virus News
- 08/17/2020 Cal Matters: Investigation: COVID rips through motel rooms of guest workers who pick nation’s produce
- 08/17/2020 The Wall Street Journal: As California Struggles With Covid-19, Farmworkers Are Among Most Affected
- 08/17/2020 MLive: Public Interest Federal judge declines to set aside Michigan order requiring farm workers to be tested for coronavirus
- 08/17/2020 Fresno Bee: ‘We are all vulnerable right now.’ Latino Valley leaders call for farmworker COVID-19 aid
- 08/17/2020 Tri-Cities Herald: ‘In harm’s way.’ Tri-Cities agricultural workers bearing heavy COVID-19 burden
- 08/17/2020 WKBW Buffalo: Farm workers in Erie County to receive COVID-19 testing through self-collected samples
- 08/17/2020 Los Angeles Times: Political battles, confusion reign in Kern County, one of worst U.S. coronavirus hot spots
- 08/17/2020 AZCentral: As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers are ‘prioritizing production over … lives’
- 08/17/2020 94.9 WSJM: Judge Denies Restraining Order Over Rule For Farm Worker Testing
- 08/17/2020 Univision 34 Los Angeles: Las dificultades de los trabajadores agrícolas de California llegan a la Convención Demócrata
- 08/17/2020 Michigan’s public health order requiring free testing for ag workers ‘imperative’ for their health; industry lawsuit is ‘cynical ploy’
- 08/16/2020 The Wenatchee World: Activists protest for farmworker rights
- 08/16/2020 560 KPQ:Rally in Support of Farmworkers Drew Crowd to Wenatchee
- 08/15/2020 KQED: 2 Deaths, More Than 200 Infections in Virus Outbreak at San Joaquin Valley Poultry Plan
- 08/15/2020 Times of San Diego: Pop-Up COVID Testing Keeps Coachella Valley Farmworkers in The Fields
- 08/15/2020 One News Page: CA’s farmworkers risk COVID-19 to eat
- 08/15/2020 2 WGRZ: New York State announces mobile COVID-19 testing for seasonal farm workers
- 08/15/2020 Capital Press: Inslee sets up COVID-19 fund for farmworkers
- 08/14/2020 Lewiston Morning Tribune: Inslee visits central Washington, latest coronavirus hot spot in state
- 08/14/2020 AG Daily: Perspective: Front-line agriculture workers need no-cost healthcare
- 08/14/2020 189,000 meals distributed in rural California through partnership between UFW Foundation, World Central Kitchen, UFW & CCF
- 08/13/2020 NBC News: California’s Latino farm workers hit disproportionately hard by COVID-19
- 08/13/2020 Noticiero Univision: Sin mascarilla ni distanciamiento social: miles de campesinos en California corren el riesgo de contagiarse con covid-19
- 08/13/2020 Weny News: Activists push for enforcement of coronavirus prevention measures among farm workers
- 08/13/2020 Mitu: Things That Matter Farmworkers Are Testing Positive For Covid-19 At Record Numbers, So What Are Officials Doing To Help?