Think Out Loud

Farmworkers have been especially vulnerable to COVID-19 infection in Oregon. In response to growing concerns about worker safety — and recent COVID-19 outbreaks on Oregon and Washington farms — the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration has implemented new rules for farmworker housing and field work. We hear from the administrator of OSHA in Oregon, Michael Wood, as well as Executive Director of Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) Reyna Lopez and Oregon Farm Bureau Policy Council Samantha Bayer.