By JACQUELINE ALLISON @Jacqueline_SVH 15 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save A measure requiring employers to start paying farmworkers overtime over a three-year phase-in period is moving forward in the state Legislature.  With bipartisan

The Bakersfield Californian 5 hrs ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Save The Forty Acres, a historic plot of land in Delano, will be open the next six weekends as a mass COVID-19 vaccination site for farm workers in Kern

Rebecca MorinUSA TODAY WASHINGTON – Armed with hope for the first time in years that immigration legislation can pass through Congress, Democrats on Capitol Hill are moving forward this week on bills that could help create a pathway to citizenship for millions

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer 10 hrs ago Comments 1 of 2 Facebook Twitter Email Print Save With Georgia’s sweet onion harvest approaching and COVID-19 vaccine arriving in increasing quantities from the federal government, migrant health centers

Coronavirus by: Perla Shaheen Posted: Mar 13, 2021 / 06:41 PM PST / Updated: Mar 13, 2021 / 06:53 PM PST AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to WhatsAppShare to SMSShare to EmailShare to More DELANO, Calif. (KGET)

by Grayce McCormick March 12, 2021 0 comment 0 comment 0 The New Democrat Coalition Task Force, which is co-chaired by U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, held a Zoom press conference Thursday to endorse two new immigration reform

By Gustavo Sagrero• 14 hours ago ShareTweetEmail COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF IDAHO Idaho farm workers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine. But navigating the healthcare system is complicated, and it’s even more cumbersome for undocumented farmworkers as they try to

By Capital News Service | 7 hours ago LikeTweet EmailPrintMore By BRANDON CHEWCapital News Service LANSING — Michigan and other states need to collect more information about the enforcement of worker protection standards to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure,

The Push to Vaccinate Our Farmworkers | Mar. 12 On the March 12 episode of SoCal Update, farmworkers in Southern California continue facing difficulty getting access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Sharon McNary recently visited a farmworker vaccine event in

By Nicholas K. Geranios Published 6 hours ago WashingtonAssociated Press Facebook Twitter Print Email SPOKANE, Wash. – Agricultural workers in Washington state would become eligible for overtime pay under a bill moving through the Legislature in Olympia. Somewhat surprisingly, the

Julissa Zavala Mar 12, 2021 Updated 1 hr ago 0 Facebook Twitter Email Print Save WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Congressman David G. Valadao signed on as an original co-sponsor to the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill negotiated

Nuestra Comunidad by: Norma Ontiveros-Gaspar, Telemundo Valle Central Posted: Mar 11, 2021 / 11:12 AM PST / Updated: Mar 11, 2021 / 02:44 PM PST AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to WhatsAppShare to SMSShare to EmailShare to

Local News by: Brice Helms Posted: Mar 11, 2021 / 09:03 AM CST / Updated: Mar 11, 2021 / 09:03 AM CST HARLINGEN, Texas (KVEO) — One group of essential workers haven’t been approved to receive theirs yet: farmworkers.

By Nicole Foy March 11, 2021 10:50 AM, Updated 7 hours 33 minutes ago Duration 3:38¿Cómo pueden los trabajadores agrícolas de Idaho recibir la vacuna COVID-19? La vacunación en el lugar de trabajo ayudaría a los trabajadores agrícolas y a

Laura S. DiazThe Record As the harvest season approaches, farmworker vaccination efforts are growing.  This Thursday, about 500 farmworkers were vaccinated at a pop-up clinic ran by the county at the OG Packing facilities. Though the clinic was hosted

Partnership of UFW, UFW Foundation, Cesar Chavez Foundation, Kern County Latino COVID-19 Task Force, Kern County, Kern Medical Center Delano, Calif.—Beginning this weekend, thousands of Central Valley farm workers are getting the COVID-19 vaccine over six weekends in March

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By SAM MORGEN smorgen@bakersfield.com 4 hrs ago Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Paul Chavez can remember clearing the rocks from a barren patch of land just outside Delano in 1966. His father, Cesar Chavez had promised

03/10/21 6:18 AM By Amy Mayer KEYWORDS California agricultureChuck Connercovid-19COVID-19 testingCOVID-19 vaccinefarmworkerfarmworker safetyNorth American Meat InstitutepandemicRobert GuentherUnited FreshWestern Center for Agricultural Health and Safety This story is the second installment in a series that will run in Agri-Pulse this month exploring

15 hrs ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Save With the vaccine rollout underway, new vaccines coming online and kids returning to schools, there finally appears to be a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, at least for

The House takes up the bills next week, Democrats hope they will build momentum for a larger immigration measure By Suzanne MonyakPosted March 10, 2021 at 12:44pm Congress has tried for decades to enact comprehensive immigration legislation without success,

By: CARLA K. JOHNSONUpdated: March 10, 2021 – 9:02 AM With Georgia’s sweet onion harvest approaching and COVID-19 vaccine arriving in increasing quantities from the federal government, migrant health centers around the state want to start vaccinating farmworkers. But

As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts continue across the US, grassroots organizations are fighting not only vaccine access inequities — but also misinformation and skepticism among immigrant groups and communities of color.  The World March 10, 2021 · 1:45 PM EST

Phase-in compromise wins bipartisan support for historic legislation OLYMPIA (March 10, 2021) — Washington would be the first state in the nation to bring the 40-hour work week and overtime pay to all agricultural workers, some of the nation’s

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) The United Farm Workers of America shared a video Wednesday of a Salinas-area man who has traveled to Washington, DC to campaign for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. According to UFW, Francisco is a berry worker.