Source: Aaron Sanchez-Guerra, NEWS & RECORD, 9/10/20

Weeks after a public commitment to issue a new executive order with sweeping labor protections for vulnerable agricultural workers in the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Roy Cooper's office said they couldn't follow through, citing pushback from state officials. The decision was communicated to the N.C. Farmworker Advocacy Network, a coalition of organizations, which has demanded worker safety measures since the start of the pandemic and had been in conversation with state health officials and the governor's office.

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