Posts Tagged as "Farmworkers"

Clinica Sierra Vista holds an event celebrating agricultural workers

August 9, 2023 / By
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Clinica Sierra Vista will be holding an event to celebrate agricultural workers during Health Center Week.

Newsom announces funding for undocumented farm workers filing labor complaints

July 28, 2023 / By
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Governor Gavin Newsom launched a pilot program to assist undocumented farmworkers with legal assistance for state labor investigations.

UFW speaks about what AB2183 means and next steps

October 25, 2022 / By
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed the farmworkers union bill, Assembly Bill 2183, which will allow farmworkers to vote for or against unionization.

McFarland FFA students hope to sell their own almond oil

October 7, 2022 / By
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Future Farmers of America (FFA) is a program meant to help students succeed in the agricultural field and McFarland High School’s FFA has been doing just that and more.

Clinica Sierra Vista celebrates National Health Center Week honoring the work and the contributions that agricultural farmworkers do in the community

August 10, 2022 / By
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Clinica Sierra Vista celebrates National Health Center Week from August 7 to August 13, 2022 with different activities to provide awareness on the mission and accomplishments of America’s Health Centers across America which provide contributions to underserved communities.

Farmworkers begin 335 mile march to demand union voting rights

August 4, 2022 / By
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The 24-day march began yesterday in Delano, California at the historical landmark The Forty Acres. Their first stop will be at Richgrove, California. 

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in Kern County honoring Naturalization Ceremony and farm workers

March 29, 2022 / By
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On March 28, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden attended the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Naturalization Ceremony at the National Chavez Center in remembrance of Cesar Chavez 95th birthday honoring citizens and farm workers.

COVID-19 farmworker study seeks to find solutions to workers’ elevated vulnerability for contracting virus

July 30, 2020 / By
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Agricultural workers have an elevated vulnerability for contracting COVID-19, according to a statewide survey on farmworkers’ worksite conditions during the pandemic.

UFW confirms 91 Primex employees infected, pushes for legislation to help agricultural workers amid pandemic

July 10, 2020 / By
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Since the first COVID-19 cases were identified at Primex Farms LLC in Wasco in late June, the number of cases have continued to rise.

UFW Foundation Organizer Shows Passion For His Work

June 15, 2017 / By
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By Marcus Castro, South Kern Sol

Eriberto Fernandez, 30, remembers working in the fields around Delano as a child.