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'Major, major problem.' California failing to track workplace COVID infections, deaths [The Sacramento Bee]

‘Major, major problem.’ California failing to track workplace COVID infections, deaths [The Sacramento Bee]
Feb. 2 A year after the first COVID-19 case hit California, the state agency in charge of policing warehouses, offices, factories and other workplaces is woefully understaffed and significantly undercounting the number of employees who have fallen seriously ill or died as a result of the coronavirus.
California employers reported only 1,600 serious worker illnesses or deaths to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, from the start of the pandemic through mid-December, according to data obtained by The Sacramento Bee through a Public Records Act request. ....

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Farmworkers lose out on $1.5B COVID-19 safety funding after USDA springs surprise spending

Dozens of congressional leaders signed a letter urging the USDA to prioritize funding for farmworker safety.
Credit: Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian
Two farmworkers sit at the end of strawberry field rows for their lunch break in Watsonville.
Author: Kate Cimini | CalMatters
Updated: 12:43 PM PST January 14, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Farmworkers lost out on up to $1.5 billion in grants and loans for COVID-19 safety needs after the USDA committed funds earmarked as such for a food box program.
The USDA announced on Jan. 4 that it planned to spend $1.5 billion in a fifth round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. It has yet to commit additional funding for farmworker safety. ....

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California farmworkers aren't staying in free quarantine hotel rooms — High Country News – Know the West

Photo by Gary Kazanjian
and is republished here by permission.
In the first days of August, Fresno farmworker Brenda Yamileth, lined up for a COVID-19 test alongside her mother and brother. Feverish and headachy, she held her 10-month-old daughter. Soon, all four tested positive.
She quarantined with her baby in one bedroom of her Mendota house while her husband and 2½-year-old son slept in the other. Daughter Michelle cried nonstop, and Yamileth worried for the baby’s health. At the same time, she feared infecting her husband and son, steps away. Her husband developed a cough as she quarantined, but never got a test. ....

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Why few farmworkers isolate in California's free COVID-19 hotel rooms

March 18, 2021
The need seemed self-evident across the state, too. About four in 10 Californians who live with an agricultural or food processing worker also live in an overcrowded home defined as having more people than rooms according to a CalMatters analysis of census data.
But the farmworking community has largely declined to use the state-sponsored housing. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 81 rooms have been booked as of Dec. 16 across 12 counties. The program launched in San Luis Obispo County as well, but has not yet seen any guests. Reservation totals may be higher than the actual number of guests, though, as counties say some cancelled. ....

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Forty years from the UFW heyday, unionized farmworkers are sparse in Napa Valley

Forty years from the UFW heyday, unionized farmworkers are sparse in Napa Valley
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