In a guest column, the representative from the 9th District touts the Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act as bills that must pass Congress to give immigrant essential workers a path to U.S. citizenship.
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Napa Valleyâs wine industry is asking the government at all levels to help it recover from economic and labor issues exacerbated by the chaos of 2020.
The pandemic and subsequent economic fallout proved an unprecedented disruption for wine sales in Napa and beyond. And though the threat posed by climate change in the form of a worsening fire season is not a novel one, the substantial damage done to agricultural infrastructure and the wine grape crop this past fire season has given the wine industry a new sense of urgency, leaders say.
New concerns over workforce stability have arisen out of 2020, too. The 2020 harvest, shortened by wildfires, was devastating for the North Bayâs farmworkers, some of whom left the agricultural sector altogether to look for more stable work.
First Lady Jill Biden speaks in Delano, shows support for fair pathways to citizenship
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DELANO, Calif. â Those in Kern County may have not been able to miss a bust of Cesar Chavez in the oval office when president Biden took office.
A local immigration lawyer says the First Ladyâs visit to Delano Wednesday and the mentioning of a particular piece of immigration legislation may have shown that dedication further.
In her speech Wednesday, the First Lady specifically expressed support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021.
âWith UFW s work, with your work. The U.S. House of Representatives has already passed the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and this is a great first step,â said Dr. Biden.
Jill Biden visits a pop-up vaccination site for farmworkers on trip to California for César Chávez Day.
Jill Biden, the first lady, delivered remarks for César Chávez Day, a holiday honoring the labor organizer.Credit.Pool photo by Anna Moneymaker
March 31, 2021
DELANO, Calif. Jill Biden, the first lady, traveled to California on Wednesday to visit a pop-up vaccination site for farmworkers who have lobbied for priority access to shots amid the pandemic.
She told them that their work and their health had been essential to a nation crippled by the virus.
“We depended on those who kept going to work every single day,” Dr. Biden told a crowd of about 100 farm workers who had gathered to mark the birthday of César Chávez, the labor organizer who formed the country’s first successful farmworker’s union. “Without the farmworkers who kept harvesting our food, or the factory workers who packaged it, the grocery store clerks who stocked shelves, no one would have ma