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The Week Magazine: As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the U.S. push for more rights
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KIMA: Judge tosses out several emergency farmworker housing rules
by Angela KerndlFriday, April 23rd 2021 ag workers.JPG YAKIMA COUNTY — A Yakima County judge has tossed out several emergency farmworker safety rules. Growers are calling it a win, but the workers may disagree. Wafla and the Washington Farm
Public Radio East: North Carolina To Help Farmer Costs For Quarantined Farmworkers
By Associated Press• 13 hours ago TweetShareGoogle+Email Credit NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services North Carolina has set aside money to reimburse farmers who bear the economic toll of quarantining their workers during the COVID-19 outbreak last year.
Santa Maria Sun: Labor contractors, farmworker organizations agree that the Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the right step forward
The following article was posted on April 21st, 2021, in the Santa Maria Sun – Volume 22, Issue 8 Share: Labor contractors, farmworker organizations agree that the Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the right
Inequality.org: Migrant Women Farmworkers: An Invisible Essential Labor Force
The Biden administration must address the industry’s long-standing gender discrimination and systemic inequalities, which have become even more severe during the pandemic. Blogging Our Great Divide April 21, 2021 by Rebekah Entralgo Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been
Miami Herald: A COVID vaccine site in Homestead for Florida residents and farmworkers starts Thursday
By David J. Neal April 21, 2021 05:07 PM Duration 3:43Health experts explain the differences between COVID vaccines UNC’s Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. David Wohl and Duke’s Family Physician Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi talked about Johnson and Johnson vaccine and how
Riverhead News Review: Farm workers vaccinated during pop-up at Raphael
04.21.2021 COVID-19 By Tara Smith A van parked along a North Fork farm field or at one of the area’s winery tasting rooms may seem unlikely places to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but both are part of a new
VTDigger: Report shows migrant farmworkers live in insufficient housing
By Katie Jickling Apr 21 2021, 8:35 PMShare3TweetShareEmail3 Shares If they were Zillow listings, they would leave something to be desired: Water pipes frozen for days on end. Bedbugs and mice. A trailer shared with three roommates. A 10-by-14-foot
Politico: Biden’s open to doing immigration through reconciliation, Hispanic lawmakers say
The president spoke to members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Tuesday and pledged to lean in to immigration reform. Rep. Teresa Leger-Fernandez is one of multiple Congressional Hispanic Caucus members who met with President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
The World: As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights
Millions of farmworkers across the US work under inhumane climate conditions, and are now pushing for more protections. The World April 20, 2021 · 11:45 AM EDT By Daisy Contreras Player utilities Popout Share download Listen to the story.
Random Lengths News: A Democratic Food System Means Unions for Farmworkers
By Reporters Desk – 04/20/2021 0 29 Share Food First, 4/14/21 https://foodfirst.org/publication/a-democratic-food-system-means-unions-for-farmworkers/ Advertisement BURLINGTON, WA – Migrant indigenous farm workers on strike against Sakuma Farms, a large berry grower in northern Washington State, blocked the entrance into the labor
Statement from Teresa Romero on convicting the murderer of George Floyd
“There is a sense of relief but no celebration, because George Floyd should be alive. Adam Toledo should be alive. Punishing a crime does not undo loss. Racism is a system of oppression designed to divide us and uphold
Visalia Times-Delta: Porterville Fairgrounds hosts farmworker vaccine and resource fair. Advocates say more help needed in Valley
Joshua YeagerVisalia Times-Delta The Porterville Fairgrounds is serving as a temporary mass vaccine site and resource center for farmworkers in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Up to 3,000 doses of vaccines will be administered across the three-day event. Attendees will
Santa Maria Times: featured 250 Santa Marians vaccinated during two mobile clinics on Sunday
Laura Place lplace@santamariatimes.com Apr 19, 2021 Updated 54 min ago 1 of 6 Facebook Twitter Email Print Save The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department coordinated with local nonprofits to get 250 shots in arms during two mobile COVID-19
WAMC: NY Aims To Vaccinate Farmworkers, Food Production Workers
By Jim Levulis• 14 hours ago Midday MagazineShareTweetEmail WAMC/Pat Bradley Listen Listening… 11:14 New York state has announced a targeted effort to vaccinate farmworkers and employees of food production facilities against COVID-19. The state says it will work with
Penn Yan Chronicle-Express: EXTENSION CORNER Vaccine eligibility for farmers and farm workers
Cornell Cooperative Extension PENN YAN – New Yorkers ages 16 and up, teachers for grades pre-K through 12, school staff, childcare workers, customer-facing employees, and anyone 18 or older with qualifying comorbidities are eligible for the vaccine. Not included
WLNS: Immigration advocates demanding citizenship for essential workers
Michigan Posted: Apr 16, 2021 / 06:40 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 16, 2021 / 06:40 PM EDT Making immigrants who work essential jobs citizens, that’s the goal of a group of advocates who held a rally at the
The Daily News Online: Letter: The YWCA supports the farmworkers among us
15 min ago Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Editor: With spring officially here, a rebirth of the land is taking place and farm workers will soon be in the fields working long hours to plant, nurture
Yahoo! Finance: The push to vaccinate farm workers against COVID-19
Fri, April 16, 2021, 11:57 AM Teresa Romero, United Farm Workers President, joins Yahoo Finance’s Kristin Myers and Alexis Christoforous to discuss vaccinations for farm workers and immigration issues. Video Transcript KRISTIN MYERS: Let’s turn now to discuss the
Frontline: Of the 5 States with the Most Farmworkers, Only 3 Are Prioritizing Vaccines — and Not All Means of Prioritizing Are Equal, per the CDC
Share: Twitter Facebook E-mail Above, a scene from the July 2020 documentary “COVID’s Hidden Toll.” Months later, FRONTLINE found that only some states are prioritizing farmworkers, deemed an essential workforce, for vaccines. April 16, 2021 by Paula Moura On
WMFE 90.7: Fried Calls On Increased Vaccine Access For Undocumented Farmworkers
19 hours ago by Daniel Rivero (WLRN) ShareTweet Photo: Max Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa,
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Two immigration bills will finally recognize the contributions of the undocumented
By Sonia Campos Rivera | PUBLISHED: April 14, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. | UPDATED: April 14, 2021 at 7:01 a.m. Throughout the pandemic, 27-year-old physical therapist Veronica Velasquez has treated patients at a Los Angeles community hospital, while fearing both the rising cases of Covid-19
North Country Public Radio: State to offer mobile vaccine clinics for farm workers
by Ryan Finnerty (NCPR Champlain Valley reporter) File photo: Nora Flaherty Apr 14, 2021 — New York State is launching a new initiative to vaccinate farm workers. The plan is to create mobile vaccination clinics that will travel to
Newsweek: With COVID-19, Nearly Half of U.S. Farm Workers Are ‘First in Exposure, Last in Protection’
By Meghan Roos On 4/14/21 at 7:33 PM EDT Share Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on PinterestShare on RedditShare on FlipboardShare via EmailCommentsU.S.CoronavirusImmigration More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, undocumented migrant workers are still among