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Corona Virus News
- 03/31/2020 Forbes: Grocers Are Offering Coronavirus Hazard Pay. If Most Farms And Slaughterhouses Don’t Follow, A Far Bigger Problem Lurks.
- 03/30/2020 The Philadelphia Tribune: Coronavirus spread sowing fear in U.S. farmlands
- 03/30/2020 Vice News: We Talked to ‘Essential’ Farmworkers About What It’s Like for Them During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- 03/30/2020 UFW’s 2nd ‘open letter’ to ag industry: Gestures and issuing guidelines ‘do not substitute for real steps to stem the virus’
- 03/29/2020 Univision 21 Fresno: Trabajadores agrícolas denuncian estar en riesgo al no practicar la debida distancia social en los campos
- 03/29/2020 Yakima Herald: Efforts underway to make sure farmworkers have access to care, information
- 03/28/2020 Chicago Sun Times: US farmworkers worry as coronavirus spreads
- 03/28/2020 Monterey County Now: The coronavirus crisis reveals a stark class divide that was always there—and an opportunity to protect low-income workers.
- 03/28/2020 PasaRobles Daily News: Letter to the editor: Farmworkers are essential, yet vulnerable
- 03/28/2020 Associated Press: Farmworkers key to keeping US fed are wary of virus spread
- 03/28/2020 La Opinion: Trabajadores del campo: entre el miedo y la necesidad
- 03/28/2020 CBS SF Bay Area: California Farmworkers Essential to U.S. Food Supply During Growing Coronavirus Crisis
- 03/27/2020 Bloomberg: Washington Urged to Do More to Protect Essential Farmworkers
- 03/26/2020 The Californian: California farmworkers face new perils from mask shortage as growers try to roll out other protections
- 03/26/2020 Desert Sun: Coronavirus: California farmworkers, growers continue working in fields through pandemic
- 03/26/2020 Food & Environment Reporting Network: Migrant farmworkers feed America, and they’re at high risk for a coronavirus outbreak
- 03/26/2020 HuffPost.com: Migrant Farmworkers Feed America — And They’re At High Risk For A Coronavirus Outbreak
- 03/26/2020 El Sol de Yakima: Cuestionan campesinos su situación laboral ante el coronavirus
- 03/26/2020 Industry silence a week after UFW ‘open letter’ called ‘meaningful steps to protect farm workers’ health and safety’
- 03/25/2020 KQED: Farmworkers Can’t Pick Crops Remotely. How Can They Stay Safe?
- 03/25/2020 Univision 21 Fresno: “Somos los menos vistos”, líderes comunitarios denuncian la falta de protección de los trabajadores del campo en California ante el coronavirus
- 03/25/2020 San Diego Union Tribune: El ‘alarmante’ impacto del coronavirus en la fuerza laboral latina
- 03/25/2020 Civil Eats: Farmworkers Are in the Coronavirus Crosshairs
- 03/24/2020 LA Magazine: Farm Workers Are Still in the Fields as the Pandemic Spreads
- 03/24/2020 Washington farm workers call for critical support