Coalition launches new fund to help immigrant farmworkers
A new program will help immigrant farm workers recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 virus. (Yadira Lopez/Malheur Enterprise)
VALE – A statewide coalition of organizations is rolling out a fund to help immigrant Oregonian workers who have lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Oregon Worker Relief Fund targets workers who don’t qualify for federal unemployment or other federal relief.
“These are the folks falling through the cracks and often the backbone of…
