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- 07/17/2020 The Bakersfield California: UFW calls on state to investigate Wasco nut processor experiencing COVID-19 outbreak
- 07/17/2020 UFW asks CA AG investigation after Primex worker death, continuing spike of COVID-19 infections and company retaliation against employee for speaking out
- 07/16/2020 San Francisco Chronicle: In Wine Country, coronavirus cases rise in cramped farmworker housing
- 07/16/2020 Environmental Working Group: EWG News Roundup (7/16): Glyphosate in Hummus, States Failing Farmworkers During COVID-19 Pandemic and More
- 07/16/2020 Workday Minnesota: Foreign Farm Workers Already Face Abusive Conditions. Now Trump Wants to Cut Their Wages.
- 07/15/2020 Los Angeles Times: Ventura County sees increase in number of positive coronavirus cases among farmworkers
- 07/15/2020 Ventura County Star: County passes 100 hospitalized COVID-19 cases; officials focus on farmworker support
- 07/15/2020 MSN News: Ventura County sees increase in number of positive coronavirus cases among farmworkers
- 07/15/2020 Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara County Supervisors Decide on COVID Relief
- 07/15/2020 Cronkite News: As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers are ‘prioritizing production over … lives’
- 07/15/2020 Agri-Pulse: Farmworkers, growers grapple with need for more COVID-19 tests and other resources
- 07/15/2020 KABC 7: Ventura County aiming to keep farmworkers healthy and food safe to sustain $2 billion industry
- 07/15/2020 Santa Maria Times: Farmworker dies, 14 infected in COVID-19 outbreak at Santa Maria H-2A housing sites
- 07/14/2020 Bloomberg: Only Eight U.S. States Have Virus Rules for Farms as Cases Rise
- 07/14/2020 Common Dreams: Endangering Lives and Food Supply, Trump Labor Dept. Refuses Covid-19 Protections for Guest Farmworkers
- 07/14/2020 The Franklin Press: COVID cluster found at farm
- 07/14/2020 The 21st: Pandemic Puts Farm Workers At Greater Risk
- 07/14/2020 KEYT ABC 3: COVID-19 outbreak, death among Santa Maria farm workers
- 07/14/2020 Siliconeer: Lesson of California’s COVID-19 “Hot Spot” – Public Health Protocols Don’t Fit Realities on the Ground
- 07/13/2020 Buffalo News: Covid-19 challenges farmers in getting key flow of foreign workers
- 07/13/2020 Desert Sun: Letter: COVID-19 has demonstrated we’re surrounded by heroes every day
- 07/13/2020 Florida Politics: Case loads blast upward in Southwest Florida where 50 died with COVID-19 in a week’s time
- 07/12/2020 La Opinion: Primex Farms reabre pero cada vez hay más trabajadores con COVID-19
- 07/11/2020 The Davis Vanguard: Open Letter: Yolo County COVID-19 Emergency Response in Latinx Community
- 07/10/2020 KUOW News and Information: Farmworkers face ‘a myriad of indignities’ during pandemic. Advocates call for more protections