Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
News Coverage
- 07/10/2008 Associated Press: More heat-related incidents reported
- 07/10/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Farm workers union complains about heat-related deaths
- 07/10/2008 KERO ch 23: Heat Wave Strikes Farm Workers Living In Field – UFW Concerned After 3 Heat-Related Deaths In 2 Months
- 07/09/2008 KFSN 30 Protecting Workers from Heat Stress a Priority during Heat Wave (includes video 2:07)
- 07/09/2008 KCRA: Heat Claims Life of Another Farm Worker – 64-Year-Old Man Died On 110-Degree Day
- 07/09/2008 NPR: California Checks On Farmworkers In Heat Wave
- 07/08/2008 SF Bay Guardian: Bucking off Chuck – Death of 17-year-old pregnant farm worker incites campaign against Trader Joe’s
- 07/08/2008 KERO ch 23: Farm Worker Killed By Tractor Remembered – UFW Says Accident Should Never Have Happened
- 07/06/2008 Stockton Record: Labor union seeks Trader Joe’s assistance – Calls on grocery chain to toughen vendor policies
- 07/04/2008 Sacramento Bee: Merced labor contractor reopens, then is shut down again
- 07/04/2008 Stockton Record: Labor firm ordered to cease again – It was shut down temporarily after teen worker died
- 07/04/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Farm labor contractor shut down – again. Merced Farm Labor was back in business until Thursday afternoon. Contractor not in compliance with regulations says CalOSHA
- 07/03/2008 San Francisco Chronicle: Farm firm back after teen’s death
- 07/03/2008 Bakersfield Californian: The onion harvest – Workers chase jobs throughout state
- 07/02/2008 The Cleveland Free Times: TWO-BUCK CHUCK DUCK
- 07/01/2008 KMPH: Heat Suspected in Valley Deaths
- 06/27/2008 The Dominion: Death in the Field – An interview with Arturo Rodriguez of the UFW
- 06/24/2008 The Desert Sun: Judge sides with farmworkers’ suit
- 06/24/2008 KSBY: Field worker dies on the job in Santa Maria Friday
- 06/23/2008 Riverside Press Enterprise: Judge orders shade, water for a company’s Coachella Valley farm workers
- 06/23/2008 La Opinion: Despedido luego de interponer demanda – Doroteo Jiménez es el tío de una campesina muerta por insolación
- 06/22/2008 Monterey County Herald: Heat is farmworker’s deadliest enemy
- 06/21/2008 ABC World News Tonight: Protecting Field Workers – Many migrant workers are in danger due to the extreme heat in California (video 2:52)
- 06/21/2008 Stockton Record: Uncle of girl who died from heatstroke is fired
- 06/20/2008 KNBC: Farm Workers Brave Heat