February 10, 20215:09 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Christine Herman Dana Cronin From Side Effects Public Media 4-Minute Listen Transcript Despite being at-risk, essential workers, many who work in farming or meatpacking still lack access to coronavirus testing.
NPR: Coronavirus Testing Remains A Problem For Farmworkers, Meatpackers
Capital Press: Washington House member introduces overtime bill, with a twist
By DON JENKINS Capital Press Feb 10, 2021 Updated 3 hrs ago OLYMPIA — Washington farmers could get protection from overtime lawsuits, but only if farm groups negotiate “appropriate living wages” for farmworkers, under a bill introduced Wednesday in
NBC Palm Springs: Farm Worker Advocates Talk Vaccine Disparity
Nico Payne February 10, 2021 5:48 PM PSTFebruary 10, 2021 6:16 PM PST The United Farm Workers Foundation is working to get vaccines distributed to farmworkers in the Coachella Valley. The organization held a clinic for east valley workers
Rufino Contreras asked for ‘a more just share’ of what he produced; 41 years ago the company answered him with bullets
Forty two years ago, on Feb. 10, 1979, 22 days into a bitter vegetable strike, Rufino Contreras, 28, and half a dozen fellow strikers walked into an Imperial Valley lettuce field owned by Mario Saikhon to talk with a
EcoWatch: Essential Farmworkers Deserve Pesticide Protections
Environmental Health News Feb. 09, 2021 01:59PM EST Insights + Opinion Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and California businesses shutdown, the state’s farmers continue to harvest, in this case, cilantro, as viewed along Santa Rosa Road in Santa Barbara County
AG Net West: Farmworker COVID Safety Project Launched Through UC Davis
February 9, 2021 Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration The University of California, Davis, have launched a farmworker COVID safety project with a multitude of partners. Funded by a $3 million contract, the COVID-19 Statewide Agriculture and Farmworker Education Program aims
Davis Enterprise: Farmworker advocates call for vaccination priority
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy With COVID-19 vaccines still in short supply, reprioritizing who gets them and when becomes, as Yolo County’s health officer said Tuesday, “a zero sum game.” “Whenever you expand eligibility for one group, you take away vaccines
Channel 3 News: Vaccine clinics for farmworkers being held in the east valley this week
By Madison Weil Published February 8, 2021 1:36 pm Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Share on Linkedin A COVID-19 vaccination clinic for farmworker employees is being held at Anthony Vineyards in Coachella this week. Two more clinics will be
Maine Beacon: ‘It’s the right thing to do’: Bills would expand labor protections to farmworkers in Maine
February 8, 2021 Evan Popp When Thom Harnett was just out of law school, he interviewed for a job with an organization that provided legal services to farmworkers in the Hudson Valley, visiting a migrant labor camp not far
NBC News: Latino workers, groups blast California officials over Covid-19 vaccine rollout changes
“If the workplace isn’t contained, workers are taking the virus to their homes and communities,” said Ron Herrera, president of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. A long-term care patient receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Birch Patrick
The Mercury News: Food and farm workers wait for vaccine as California prioritizes elders
“Farmworkers are small fry.” — San Jose physician Dr. Walter Newman By Lisa M. Krieger | lkrieger@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: February 6, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: February 6, 2021 at 4:08 p.m. The dark rooms
Paso Robles Daily News: When will SLO County ag workers receive COVID-19 vaccine?
Posted: 4:28 pm, February 6, 2021 by News Staff –The San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau reports– As news came in this week that farmworkers in some parts of California are starting to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, questions came
The Fresno Bee: After major COVID outbreaks, Foster Farms’ duty now is to keep essential workers safe
By The Fresno Bee Editorial Board February 05, 2021 09:49 AM Duration 1:36Fresno’s Foster Farms poultry plant begins COVID-19 vaccination program for employees While partnering with Vons and the Fresno County Health Department, Foster Farms in Fresno is making coronavirus
Valley Public Radio: Report: During 8 Months In 2020, Deaths Among Farm Workers Rose 40 Percent
By Kerry Klein• 6 hours ago Valley Public Radio NewsShareTweetEmail Joel Martinez Listen Listening… 9:34 Listen to the interview here Since the start of the pandemic, 43,000 Californians have officially died due to COVID-19. But a new research paper
CAP Radio: Vaccine Clinics For California’s Farmworkers Are Starting, But Advocates Say There Are Hurdles
Sammy Caiola Friday, February 5, 2021 | Sacramento, CA As California slowly progresses through the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, state health officials are encouraging people over 65 to get in line for the vaccine alongside teachers, first responders and agricultural
NPR: Rep. Ruiz: Vaccinating Food And Farm Workers Requires An ‘Active, Concerted Effort’
February 5, 20214:18 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Mary Louise Kelly Twitter Emma Bowman Twitter 6-Minute Listen Download Transcript Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, says expanding vaccination priority groups to food and
KQED: ‘These Numbers Seem Suspect’: Officials Didn’t Trust Foster Farms’ COVID-19 Data During Plant Outbreak, Emails Show
Alexandra HallFeb 5Save Article Facebook TwitterEmailCopy LinkCommunity members attend a memorial in Livingston, California for workers who died in connection to a major COVID-19 outbreak at a nearby Foster Farms plant. (Alexandra Hall/KQED) B y the time Merced County public
The Progressive: On the Line: Farmwork in the Era of COVID-19
Being essential during the COVID-19 era also means that farmworkers are forced to put themselves at risk of infection in the orchards. by David Bacon February 5, 2021 AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to EmailShare to MorePrint
KON 5/46 News Channel: Salinas mayor asks county health to designate set amount of vaccines for farmworkers
By Dominoe Ibarra Published February 5, 2021 11:22 pm Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Share on Linkedin SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Salinas mayor, Kimbley Craig, sent a letter to the Monterey County Department of Public Health requesting for a designated
Food Dive: Foster Farms hits 85% employee vaccination rate through on-site COVID-19 clinic
Author Megan Poinski@meganpoinski Published Feb. 4, 2021 Share it post share tweet Dive Brief: Poultry producer Foster Farms is providing 1,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to employees at its Fresno, California, processing facility, the company said in
The Guardian: ‘Please send more vaccines’: Covid crisis engulfs California’s farming heartland
Fresno county, a region in the state’s central valley made up of 999,000 people, is recording 450 new coronavirus cases per day Maanvi Singh @maanvissingh Thu 4 Feb 2021 13.23 EST First published on Thu 4 Feb 2021 06.00 EST Shares
Lake County Record-Bee: Farmworkers say employers, Cal/OSHA don’t enforce COVID-19 safety regulations
By Kate Cimini | KCIMINI@THECALIFORNIAN.COM | The CalifornianFebruary 4, 2021 at 6:27 a.m. When one California farmworker asked his employer for face masks, he said, they laughed at him. He asked for hand soap, and, he said, they laughed
WGLT 89.1FM: Should Calif. Farmworkers Be Next In Line To Get COVID-19 Vaccine?
By editor • 17 hours ago Morning EditionShareTweetEmail Listen Listening… 0:20 / 3:47 Originally published on February 4, 2021 8:52 am Copyright 2021 KQED. To see more, visit KQED. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: States across this country are deciding who
New Times SLO: Essential farmworkers still lack access to COVID-19 assistance
By Karen Garcia It’s been nearly 11 months since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and the virus continues to exacerbate existing vulnerabilities in farmworker communities. Farmworker advocates say that as the health crisis continues,
Civil Eats: Vermont Plans to Send Cash to Immigrant Farmworkers Left Out of Stimulus
Vermont Plans to Send Cash to Immigrant Farmworkers Left Out of Stimulus Migrant farmworkers are crucial to the state’s dairy industry, and a new initiative offers relief funds to make up for a lack of federal support. By Elizabeth Hewitt