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- 06/24/2020 Business Insider: ‘Elections matter’: Biden receives endorsement from United Farm Workers, which represents thousands of employees in agriculture
- 06/24/2020 Politico: FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — UFW BACKS BIDEN
- 06/23/2020 The Fence Post: Merkley introduces bill to provide protections for farmworkers
- 06/22/2020 NBC News: Latino leaders demand Florida governor apologize for linking ‘Hispanic farmworkers’ to COVID-19 rise
- 06/19/2020 The New Republic: America Owes More to Its “Essential” Immigrant Workers
- 06/19/2020 The Press Democrat: Sonoma County wineries grapple with keeping workers safe as annual harvest nears
- 06/18/2020 NBC News: Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA in big win for Dreamers
- 06/17/2020 County of San Luis Obismo: Covid-19 Testing for Farm Workers
- 06/15/2020 CNBC: Supreme Court won’t hear Trump administration challenge to California sanctuary law
- 06/12/2020 Voices of Monterey Bay: World Central Kitchen in Steinbeck’s land
- 06/09/2020 Los Angeles Times: ‘We can’t prevent it’: Farm workers paid low wages fear coronavirus spread in crowded housing
- 05/31/2020 Salon: Farmworkers are dying, COVID-19 cases are spiking, and the food system is in peril
- 05/28/2020 Eater: Gov. Jay Inslee Announces New COVID-19 Measures to Address Farmworker Safety
- 05/28/2020 San Francisco Chronicle: William Carder dies — labor lawyer who won victories for UFW, Cesar Chavez
- 05/28/2020 SF Bay Area Indymedia: Dolores Huerta’s 90th Birthday Celebration for DHF COVID19 Relief Fund
- 05/27/2020 The Hill: Senate Democrat introduces bill to protect food supply
- 05/27/2020 Feedstuffs: Senate Democrats introduce bill to strengthen food supply chain
- 05/27/2020 U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry News Advisory: Ranking Member Stabenow Introduces Legislation to Protect America’s Food Supply
- 05/26/2020 News Channel 9: Rhea Co. farm leader says all of their nearly 200 employees have virus, only 3 symptomatic
- 05/21/2020 Forbes: New Outbreaks In Fruit And Vegetable Operations Threaten Farm Workers And Food Supply
- 05/20/2020 Bloomberg Law: Groups Grill EPA on PPE Shortage for Pesticide Work on Farms
- 05/14/2020 Los Angeles Times: Washington state allows bunk beds for farmworkers despite coronavirus risks
- 05/14/2020 Business Insider: Washington state issues emergency rule to protect farm workers from COVID-19. But worker advocates fear it won’t save many lives.
- 05/11/2020 NJ Spotlight: More Than Half of a South Jersey Farm’s Workers Infected With COVID-19, DOH Reports
- 05/11/2020 Phys.org: Poll finds broad support for farmworkers who labor through pandemic