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- 02/03/2021 ABC News: The possible impacts of President Biden’s pathway to citizenship plan
- 02/02/2021 VC Star: Farmworkers say employers, Cal/OSHA don’t enforce COVID-19 safety regulations
- 02/02/2021 The Seatle Times: Farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers
- 02/02/2021 U.S. News & World Report: Essential Yet Under-Vaccinated, Some California Farmworkers Get Their Vaccines
- 01/28/2021 Monterey Herald: Coronavirus: Monterey Peninsula mayors urge prioritizing farmworker vaccinations
- 01/28/2021 Monterey County Weekly: The UFW joins the Biden administration in pushing for immigration reform.
- 01/25/2021 ABC 30: Farmworkers in West Fresno County receive COVID-19 vaccine
- 01/24/2021 NBC Bay Area: UCSF Research Shows Industries in Which Workers Are Most Likely to Die From COVID
- 01/21/2021 NBC Los Angeles: About the Bust of Civil Rights Leader Cesar Chávez in President Biden’s Oval Office
- 01/20/2021 The Hill: Biden replaces Andrew Jackson portrait in Oval Office, adds Cesar Chavez bust
- 01/20/2021 Business Insider: Biden unveils immigration proposal that offers green cards and overtime pay to farm workers and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
- 01/20/2021 Desert Sun: Biden immigration plan: Undocumented farmworkers could apply for green cards immediately
- 01/20/2021 CBS News: Biden plan would offer legal status to farm workers, “Dreamers” and other undocumented immigrants
- 01/17/2021 Politico: Agriculture Who is ‘essential’? Food and farm workers left in limbo in vaccine priorities
- 01/16/2021 The Desert Sun: Riverside County health officials working to ensure farmworkers receive COVID-19 vaccine, despite ongoing shortages
- 01/15/2021 Huffington Post: Democrats Call For Fast-Tracking Citizenship For Undocumented Essential Workers
- 01/15/2021 Politico: Democrats ready immigration push for Biden’s early days
- 01/13/2021 Desert Sun: Riverside County seniors, teachers and farmworkers can get COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday
- 01/12/2021 The Salinas Californian: Farmworkers lose out on $1.5B COVID-19 safety funding after USDA springs surprise spending
- 01/11/2021 US Senate Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry: Ranking Member Stabenow Leads Advocates in Urging USDA to Prioritize Protections for Food Workers
- 01/05/2021 Market Watch: ‘We forget about them as being essential workers.’ COVID-19 has made farm workers even more vulnerable — and created momentum to protect them
- 01/04/2021 The Desert Sun: Riverside County allocates another $500K for farmworkers with COVID-19. ‘The need is still higher’
- 01/02/2021 The Bakersfield Californian: State issues $77,500 in fines in aftermath of outbreak at Primex nut plant in Wasco
- 12/31/2020 The Sacramento Bee: California farmworkers feed us. They deserve priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine
- 12/30/2020 The Counter: Why few farm workers isolate in California’s free Covid-19 hotel rooms