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Heat News
- 07/10/2023 NPR: It’s hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death
- 07/10/2023 KQED: California’s Farmworkers Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change
- 07/10/2023 WOUB: It’s hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death
- 07/08/2023 Spectrum News NY1: Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
- 07/08/2023 The Goshen News: Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
- 07/07/2023 Herald Chronicle: Heat-Farmworker Exposure
- 07/05/2023 The Washington Post: Heat is a mortal threat to farmworkers. A nurse may have found a way to protect them.
- 07/05/2023 Occupational Health & Safety: Death of Worker, Who Spoke of Heat-Illness-Related Symptom, Could Have Been Prevented, OSHA Says
- 07/04/2023 KSBW 8: For farmworkers in California, a hot day in the fields can be a dangerous one
- 06/30/2023 Fox 26 News: Farm workers educate others of existing rights, protections when working in extreme heat
- 06/29/2023 Capital Press: Washington heat rule requiring hourly breaks coming July 17
- 06/29/2023 Business Insurance News: Labor contractor cited after farmworker dies following heat illness
- 06/28/2023 Idaho News 6: Idaho Immigrant Resource Alliance is working on a Heat and Smoke relief fund for agriculture workers
- 06/26/2023 The Columbian: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
- 06/22/2023 Clean Technica: USA Needs To Protect Its Farmworkers From “Danger Season”
- 06/22/2023 RFD TV: Renewed Stress: Summer has arrived and ag country is feeling the heat
- 06/20/2023 Union of Concerned Citizens: The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”
- 06/19/2023 The Washington Post: Texas law overrides safeguards like water breaks as temperatures rise
- 06/15/2023 Crosscut: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
- 06/14/2023 WFSU News: Florida heat can kill, but there are no laws to protect outdoor workers
- 06/13/2023 Modern Farmer: In California, Climate Change Fuels Disasters—and a Push For More Farmworker Protections
- 06/13/2023 ValleyCentral.com: Farm workers pull through in extreme heat conditions
- 06/05/2023 Statesman Journal: Hazardous work bill heads to Gov. Kotek’s desk
- 05/15/2023 East Oregonian: Washington rolls out rules for working in wildfire smoke
- 04/12/2023 Bay News 9: Study aims to educate farmworkers about the dangers of working in the sun