Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
News Coverage
- 05/27/2008 News10.net: Contractor Investigated in Farmworker’s Death was Cited in Past
- 05/26/2008 San Bernadino Sun: Chavez gets federal honor – Law orders U.S. to look for sites to be landmarks
- 05/24/2008 Sacramento Bee: USDA to end surveys of farm pesticide usage
- 05/23/2008 Grist: USDA: What pesticide use?
- 05/23/2008 Stockton Record: Teen worker’s death probed
- 05/21/2008 Vida en el Valle: New measure could help maintain ag jobs
- 05/21/2008 Monterey County Herald: Guest worker plan up before Senate
- 05/21/2008 Orlando Sentinel: Senate ready to consider farm guest-worker plan
- 05/20/2008 Los Angeles Times: Female farmworkers at risk
- 05/17/2008 Ventura County Star: Farmworkers say proposed bill offers them hope
- 05/17/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Substandard housing persists for many farmworkers
- 05/14/2008 Yakima Herald: Guest worker program gains popularity but could lead to discord
- 05/13/2008 Associated Press: Feds looking into work conditions at Shafter orchard
- 05/10/2008 Sacramento Bee: Farm labor bill sets up another battle
- 05/10/2008 Associated Press: Farm workers found living in Calif. cherry orchard
- 05/10/2008 KERO ch 23, Nick 2.0 Blog: Where do farm workers sleep? Realities Of Disneyland And Agriculture
- 05/10/2008 KERO ch 23: Farm Workers Possibly Evicted From Orchard Given Aid
- 05/09/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Harvest interrupted when workers discovered camping in orchard
- 05/09/2008 KERO ch 23: More Than 100 Farm Workers Living In Orchard
- 05/02/2008 La Prensa de San Diego: Arizona may ban Chicano Studies if Senator has his way
- 04/29/2008 Associated Press: Union and states try recruiting farm workers from Mexico
- 04/29/2008 USA Today: Union and states try recruiting farm workers from Mexico
- 04/29/2008 Sacramento Bee: U.S. push to get more farmworkers in visa plan draws criticism
- 04/26/2008 Salinas Californian: Pea harvesters win farm fight, UFW, growers reach agreement
- 04/24/2008 Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of EPA scientists report political interference