1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary. Rose at 4 and went to the market then walked to the Salt Ponds, returned home and bathed. At 7:30 a.m. barometer 29.50, thermometer 80.5, wind southeast 3, clouds and haze. Preparing authorities from which to draw exceptions in the case of Ogden et als vs. D. Davis et als. After dinner Charles Johnson and Edgar Coste came up and gave me the facts in the case of the barque Alma. Commenced the libel. After tea went to Philip Fontaneâs.
1860: The USS Mohawk escorted the captured slave ship Wildfire into the harbor. The Wildfire had 510 Africans from the Congo River area of Africa that were being taken to Cuba to be sold in the slave trade. The Wildfire was in violation of American and international law and the U.S. Navy was actively searching for violators.
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There are about 2.5 million farmworkers around the U.S., many of them undocumented immigrants working under dangerous and exploitive circumstances without sick leave or healthcare. Despite their status as essential workers, however, many farmworkers are facing an uphill battle to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Estella Cisneros, legal director of the Agricultural Worker Program for California Rural Legal Assistance, says an uneven rollout in California as well as technical barriers have left many farmworkers unvaccinated. “There’s been a lot of inequities that we’ve seen,” she says. We also speak with Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, who says it’s “puzzling” that farmworkers in New York state were left out of the current phase of vaccine distribution “at a time when we’ve seen an increasing number of COVID cases among the farmworker population.”
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(TNS) José Padilla spent the last few months calling on California to prioritize vaccinating its farmworkers, who have to go to the field nearly every day and often can t practice social distancing.
Last month, he and other advocates for farmworkers got a win when California listed essential workers such as farmworkers, teachers and grocery store clerks to be vaccinated right after those in the healthcare industry.