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Farmworkers, Deemed Essential, Don't Feel Protected From Pandemic

Nearly half of the 850,000 farmworkers in California are undocumented, and labor unions say sometimes they are denied sick leave. Undocumented workers are excluded from the coronavirus relief package.

[Copyright 2020 NPR]

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