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Corona Virus News
- 08/13/2020 The Packer: Industry pleads for more resources for growers
- 08/13/2020 Eater Detroit: Farms and Orchards File Lawsuits Fighting Michigan’s COVID-19 Executive Orders
- 08/12/2020 WHCU Radio: New York farmworkers says more protections needed against COVID-19
- 08/12/2020 Valley Public Radio: Essential Workers In Fresno Can Apply To This Program For Childcare Vouchers
- 08/12/2020 KCBS Radio: Grape Harvest Gets Underway With Coronavirus Protocols
- 08/12/2020 The Lewiston Tribune: California farmworkers taking many precautions
- 08/12/2020 Press & Sun-Bulletin: Migrant farm workers warn of next COVID-19 wave in New York
- 08/12/2020 The Modesto Bee: Farmworkers fear retaliation for airing COVID-19 concerns. What can be done to help?
- 08/12/2020 The New York Times: The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks
- 08/11/2020 Occupational Health and Safety: Farmers Continue Work with Minimal Coronavirus Protection
- 08/11/2020 The Los Angeles Times: Coronavirus strikes indoor mushroom farms
- 08/11/2020 NBC News: Rep. Raul Ruiz, congressman and doctor, takes coronavirus testing to farmworkers
- 08/11/2020 The Corvallis Advocate: Oregon Agricultural Workers to See Financial Relief
- 08/10/2020 Crosscut: WA to create $40M fund for undocumented workers hurt by pandemic
- 08/10/2020 The Counter: In a first, Michigan orders farms and meatpacking plants to test workers for Covid-19
- 08/10/2020 Kaiser Health News: Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops
- 08/09/2020 Saporta Report: The court has spoken, now we need permanent protections for Georgia Dreamers
- 08/09/2020 The Daily Herald: Commentary: State must do more to protect farmworkers’ health
- 08/08/2020 The Guardian: ‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland
- 08/08/2020 Los Angeles Times: COVID-19 strikes Washington state farmworkers and swamps rural hospitals
- 08/08/2020 NPR: Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection To Harvest Crops
- 08/07/2020 The Ellsworth American: A safety net for farmworkers
- 08/07/2020 The San Luis Obispo Tribune: California’s 800,000 farmworkers are under siege from the coronavirus. Lawmakers urge relief
- 08/07/2020 The Sacramento Bee: Coronavirus updates: California on cusp of 10,000 deaths; lawmakers urge farmworker relief
- 08/07/2020 The Seattle Times: Widow recounts call with farmworker husband who died of COVID-19 in Okanogan labor camp