Recent News
- CNN: Colorado bird flu cases show how extreme heat may be complicating efforts to control the virus
- July 15, 2024 Salon: Farmworkers are at greatest exposure risk for bird flu, but given few protections
- July 14, 2024 NPR: Central Valley, where a quarter of the U.S.’s food is grown, faces extreme heat
- July 11, 2024 CalMatters: A not-so-wonderful labor dispute
- July 9, 2024 ABC 10: 6 farmworkers fired after leaving work in Yolo County on hot summer day
- July 9, 2024 As California Temperatures Soar, UFW urges passage of the Preventing Farm Worker Climate Change Heat Injury, Illness or Death Act (SB 1299)
- July 8, 2024 KCRA 3: 6 farmworkers fired amid hot temps, multiple California state agencies now investigating retaliation
- July 2, 2024 The Huffington Post: Biden Announces New Rule To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat
- July 2, 2024 Politico: Biden announces heat rules as climate-related deaths rise
- July 2, 2024 The New York Times: Biden Administration to Announce First National Heat Protections for Workers
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