United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 11/19/2024 Orlando Weekly: Trump likely to abandon Biden’s plan to protect workers from extreme heat, experts say
- 11/11/2024 Scientific American: Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election
- 11/01/2024 WLRN: This Florida farmworker is 75 and still toiling in the heat
- 10/17/2024 National Library of Medicine: Impacts of Climate Change and Heat Stress on Farmworkers’ Health: A Scoping Review
- 10/15/2024 MIT Technology Review: The quest to protect farmworkers from extreme heat
- 10/09/2024 CA State Senator Cortese: Sen. Cortese Will Continue to Take Legislative Action to Protect Farmworkers from ongoing heat waves caused by climate change
- 10/09/2024 Los Gatan: State Senator Dave Cortese urges more protections for farmworkers
- 10/08/2024 Santa Barbara Independent: As Extreme Heat Rises, Newsom Blocks Bill to Protect California Farmworkers
- 10/08/2024 KQED: California Contractor Accused of Firing Farmworkers Who Suffered in Extreme Heat Is Fined
- 10/04/2024 La Opinion: Frustración y preocupación de los campesinos ante el calor extremo
- 10/01/2024 Capital & Main: Newsom Vetoes Farmworker Heat Safety Bill as State Enforcement Has Fallen
- 09/28/2024 abc 10: As extreme heat rises, Newsom blocks bill to protect California farmworkers
- 09/28/2024 Los Angeles Times: Newsom vetoes bill aiming to increase protections for farmworkers overcome by heat
- 09/28/2024 CAL Matters: As extreme heat rises, Newsom blocks bill to protect California farmworkers
- 09/28/2024 Sacramento Bee: Gov. Newsom vetoes bill to help farmworkers who are working in extreme heat. Here’s why
- 09/12/2024 Los Angeles Times: Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for California farmworkers
- 09/12/2024 Joint Economic Committee: Protecting Farmworkers From Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke Helps the U.S. Economy
- 09/12/2024 AOL: Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for California farmworkers
- 09/11/2024 USA Today: Without legal protections, farmworkers rely on employers to survive extreme heat
- 09/11/2024 Union-Bulleting: Health Secretary Becerra touts extreme heat protections. Farmworkers want more
- 09/10/2024 Reckon: Farmworkers call for more extreme heat protections as Health Secretary Xavier Becerra touts existing policies
- 09/09/2024 Tucson Sentinel: Health Secretary Becerra touts extreme heat protections. Farmworkers want more.
- 09/07/2024 Sierra Sun Times: California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Legislative Colleagues Deliver Farmworker Protections for Housing and Extreme Heat to Governor Gavin Newsom
- 09/06/2024 The Guardian: Heatwave across US west breaks records for highest temperatures
- 09/04/2024 E&E News: Coroners ignore heat in many deaths. That’s dangerous.