News Coverage

04/02/2020 New York Times: Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic
04/01/2020 The American Prospect: America’s Farmworkers—Now ‘Essential,’ but Denied the Just-Enacted Benefits
04/01/2020 Los Angeles Times: Farmworkers face coronavirus risk: ‘You can’t pick strawberries over Zoom’
04/01/2020 KSBW The Central Coast: Unions push for more precautions, easier sick pay for farm workers during pandemic
03/31/2020 San Jose Spotlight: Kalra: Farmworkers deserve workplace protections too
03/31/2020 The Guardian: California’s farm workers pick America’s essential produce – unprotected from coronavirus
03/31/2020 Black Star Network: America’s Voice: Immigrants Essential in COVID-19 Fight
03/31/2020 CNN: Remembering the legacy of Cesar Chavez
03/31/2020 NBC News: On César Chávez Day, Biden calls for coronavirus protections for farmworkers
03/31/2020 CapRadio: COVID-19 And Food: California Should Have Enough, Some Farms Struggle While Others Thrive, Farmworker Fears
03/31/2020 Mercury News: Photos: On Cesar Chavez Day, California farmworkers demand coronavirus aid
03/31/2020 Forbes: Grocers Are Offering Coronavirus Hazard Pay. If Most Farms And Slaughterhouses Don’t Follow, A Far Bigger Problem Lurks.
03/29/2020 Yakima Herald: Efforts underway to make sure farmworkers have access to care, information
03/28/2020 Idaho Press: Governor vetoes pesticide spraying bill sought by cropduster industry
03/28/2020 Associated Press: Farmworkers key to keeping US fed are wary of virus spread
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 HuffPost.com: Migrant Farmworkers Feed America — And They’re At High Risk For A Coronavirus Outbreak
03/26/2020 Monterey County Weekly: Major raspberry grower laying off 334 workers after losing fight to labor union.
03/25/2020 KQED: Farmworkers Can’t Pick Crops Remotely. How Can They Stay Safe?
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
03/23/2020 The River Newsroom: New York Farmworkers Finally Have Labor Rights, But the Fight Isn’t Over