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Latino farm and meat processing workers have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Monday.
The Hispanic Heritage Foundation will be recognizing nearly 3 million farmworkers who have served as essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic with this year's Heroes Award during their ...
An Arizona family farm owner discusses immigration challenges in agriculture, labor shortages for meat cutters, and the ...
The United Farm Workers, the well-known labor union once led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in Central California, represents only a small portion of the nation's roughly 3 million farmworkers.
Food suppliers face shutdowns as workers are infected with coronavirus 02:09. Latino lawmakers on Wednesday asked Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to include protections for the ...
The 33rd annual Hispanic Heritage Awards will honor the over 3 million farmworkers across the world with the "Heroes Award." “It is with tremendous gratitude, pride, and admiration that we honor ...
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., says expanding vaccine distribution in key industries is one of many steps to inoculating Latinos and other hard-hit communities.
Hispanic owned and operated farms are becoming more and more popular as migrant workers and laborers pursue the American Dream. ... Migrant farm workers toil under the hot Florida sun year-round.
File photo of a farm worker, Celestino Galindo Dominguez, 34, of Veracruz, Mexico, picking oranges at a citrus farm owned by Sorrells Brothers Inc. He is working in the country as a temporary ...
For Latino or Hispanic farmworkers, especially those with undocumented or guest worker status, exploitation is often compounded by racism, threats of deportation, human trafficking, and a lack of ...
There are barriers preventing many Latino farm workers in northeastern Tennessee from trying to get help, but the extended Latino community is bringing the help to them.
In flood-ravaged Tennessee, language and other barriers have left some Latino workers feeling isolated. The larger Latino community is reaching out with food and support.