May 26, 2021
As COVID-19 bore down on New York state, the Cornell Farmworker Program used mobile phone technology to provide rapid guidance and clear health information in multiple languages to the state’s farmworkers. Now, new federal funding will expand the program and further integrate the initiative with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE).
The funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) will help the program continue to reach more than 3,000 New York farmworkers with critical health and legal information. The three-year, $90,000 grant will help integrate Cornell research across colleges with on-the-ground training for farmworkers from the Cornell Farmworker Program and CCE.
Grant expands Cornell efforts to reach New York farmworkers
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National transport strike in Italy over work conditions
Public transport workers across Italy took part in a four-hour strike Wednesday called by the USB union. According to
Sky News the stoppage was to bring attention to the quality of public transport provision and working conditions, including safety. Workers took part in the cities of Rome, Bologna, Milan, Turin, Palermo and others.
Fedex-TNT workers oppose attack on the right to strike and police intimidation
Hundreds of Fedex-TNT workers marched on the Milan Prefecture on May 12 and to the headquarters of the Democratic Party in Rome on May 4 to oppose an attack on the right to strike and police intimidation.