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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu May 28, 2020, 08:35 PM May 2020

Inslee Expands Farm Worker Protections, Care Facility Testing

WASHINGTON — At a conference Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a pair of new plans to protect agriculture workers and long term care facilities from the coronavirus.

New provisions for farmworkers

The conference began with the announcement of a new proclamation expanding and revising the guidelines in place to protect farmworkers in fields, packing houses and on company-owned workplace transportation.

"There's numerous points of risk for people who are working in agriculture," said Inslee. "The striking workers in Yakima on the lines as we speak, are clear in their calls that more that needs to be done. We hear that message."

According to the governor, the proclamation expands upon the current "cohort" model: which asks that farmworkers only work together in static groups of 15 or fewer employees. Leaders say that the cohort model can effectively cut off infections from spreading by limiting contact between large groups of employees.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/inslee-expands-farm-worker-protections-care-facility-testing/ar-BB14JuZQ?ocid=hplocalnews

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Inslee Expands Farm Worker Protections, Care Facility Testing (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
This is critically needed. cilla4progress May 2020 #1
The confluence of race and economics in the US screams out for gov't intervention...nt Wounded Bear May 2020 #2

cilla4progress

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1. This is critically needed.
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:42 PM
May 2020

Chelan and Yakima counties with large farmworker populations -POC, immigrants, low-wage workers, many undocumented - are the 2 highest covid counties in the state!

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