Everett Herald Commentary: State must do more to protect farmworkers’ health

By Guadalupe Gamboa, Rebecca Saldaña and Rosalinda Guillen / For The Herald

Farmworker David Cruz was 60 years old when he went on strike in early May to demand protection and hazard pay from his employer, Yakima-based Allan Brothers Fruit.

By May 30, he was dead from COVID-19.

In a desperate ...

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