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Work Conditions Make Farmworkers Uniquely Vulnerable to COVID-19
COVID-19 Farm Bailout Funds Should Help Farmworkers, Not Big Farmers
Congress should direct the Department of Agriculture to use COVID-19 relief funds to ensure that farmworkers –not big farmers – have protections, free testing and paid sick leave.
Trump’s Farm Relief Won’t Protect Essential Farmworkers From COVID-19
In a Pandemic, Farmworkers Deserve a Raise, Not a Pay Cut
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, farmworkers are risking their lives to feed us. So why are some officials in the Trump administration and some Republicans in Congress trying to cut farmworkers'...
What if Lots of Food and Farm Workers Get Sick at the Same Time?
Agriculture Is the Most Dangerous Industry for Child Workers – and the Trump Administration Is Making It Worse
Far more American children die working in agriculture than in any other industry, and thousands more are injured while working on farms, according to a recent little-noticed report by the...
House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers
The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at risk.
To Protect Young Farmworkers, Calif. Rejects EPA Rollback of Pesticide Policy
Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency took steps that could lead to the repeal of health-protective safeguards designed to prevent teenage farmworkers from handling toxic pesticides...
EPA Chief May Let Young Farmworkers Handle Toxic Pesticides
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is taking steps that could lift health-protective safeguards designed to prevent teenage farmworkers from handling toxic pesticides.
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