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Heat News
- 10/31/2023 Inside Climate News: Extreme Heat Pushes More Farmworkers to Harvest at Night, Creating New Risks
- 10/27/2023 Grist: How Florida farmworkers are protecting themselves from extreme heat
- 10/19/2023 Grist: Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?Grist:
- 10/19/2023 The Daily Reflector: Nursing researchers focus on heat stress in farm workers
- 10/19/2023 Grist: Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?
- 10/19/2023 The Guardian: ‘You should be able to have a water break’: US workers fight for extreme-heat rules
- 10/18/2023 The Messenger: Dysfunctional Congress Left American Farm Workers in Limbo
- 10/12/2023 Eater: Nighttime Harvests Can Protect Farmworkers from Blistering Heat, but They Bring New Risks
- 10/03/2023 Sierra Sun Times: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Helps Protect Riverside County Coachella Valley Farm Workers and Supports Communities Through Secured Donation
- 09/28/2023 Gothamist: They pick your blueberries and peppers. But NJ doesn’t protect farm workers from rising heat
- 09/26/2023 The Good Men Project: Farmworkers Face Increasing Heat Waves With Little Protection
- 09/26/2023 A migrant worker died at a North Carolina farm on a day when temperatures approached 100 degrees. The state is now investigating
- 09/22/2023 Yale Climate Connections: Idaho group helps protect farmworkers from heat and smoke
- 09/18/2023 United Farm Workers President to join PHX Airport Service Workers Escalating Demand for Good Jobs as FAA Reauthorization Deadline Looms
- 09/17/2023 Charlotte Observer: José was 30, a dad, an NC farmworker. His death should galvanize us. | Opinion
- 09/11/2023 KRCU: Outdoor Workers in Missouri Suffering from Heat ExposureKRCU:
- 09/07/2023 WBUR: How extreme heat affects farmworkers
- 09/07/2023 BPR News: Mexican farmworker’s death under investigation by North Carolina Department of Labor
- 09/07/2023 El Tecolote: ‘The Heat Can Kill’ — How Farmworkers in Fresno Cope with Rising Temperatures
- 09/06/2023 teleSUR: Climate Change Imperils US Farmworkers
- 09/06/2023 Wisconsin Watch: Poor regulatory safeguards leave farmworkers suffocating in the face of increasing heat waves
- 09/06/2023 Salon: It’s been a big year for the labor movement. What about farmworkers?
- 09/06/2023 Boise Dev: Farmworker support non-profit advocating for heat protections for workers in Idaho
- 09/06/2023 NPR: Creating a heat standard for vulnerable farmworkers could take years
- 08/31/2023 The Packer: Farming under a big red sun: Worker advocates push for heat-stress protections