COVID-19 remains a serious threat for migrant workers and their family members. According to the Purdue Food and Agriculture Vulnerability Index, nearly 600,000 agricultural workers have contracted COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Without state or federal requirements in place regarding safeguarding employees from COVID-19, migrant workers lives are put in danger.

A recent article from Farm Worker Justice, states that President Biden's new Department of Labor decision on COVID-19 safety failed to include farmworkers from the federal mandatory standard.

Legal Aid of Nebraska's Ag Worker Rights program is hosting a webinar to help educate the public on these matters and spread the word of how important it is that migrant workers receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

Join Dr. Josue Gutierrez of Saline Medical Specialties in Crete, Nebraska and Josie Rodriguez, an administrator for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Disparities and Health Equity as they provide valuable information regarding COVID-19 and field your concerns.

In addition, Legal Aid of Nebraska is offering up to 5 COVID-19 Kits to distribute to the migrant workers in your communities or if you are a migrant worker yourself and would like one, please visit this link to complete the form: The kits will be mailed in the following weeks.

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