Author: Jorge Orrantia
- 08/17/2024 Wildfire Today: California put wine industry profits above farmworker safety during 2020 wildfires, study finds
- 08/16/2024 Business Tribune: Salinas pitches farmworker relief bill
- 08/15/2024 Los Angeles Times: California cuts back on safety enforcement as farmworkers toil in extreme heat
- 08/15/2024 Weather Bug: Wildfires are Growing Under Climate Change, and Their Smoke Threatens Farmworkers, Study Says
- 08/15/2024 The Daily Climate: Wildfires expose farmworkers to dangerous smoke as climate change intensifies
- 08/15/2024 PBS: Wildfires are growing under climate change, and the smoke is threatening farmworkers, new study says
- 08/15/2024 Democracy Now: Unions Organize “Heat Week” as Extreme Temperatures Pose Mounting Dangers to Workers
- 08/14/2024 Grist: Workers across the US rally after string of heat-related deaths
- 08/14/2024 Los Angeles Times: Death of Wonderful Company farmworker under scrutiny by Cal/OSHA
- 08/14/2024 Bakersfield Now: Man crushed to death in Lost Hills almond orchard identified
- 08/13/2024 The Guardian: US workers launch Heat Week to fight for ‘the right to water, shade and rest’
- 08/13/2024 Rochester Beacon: Workers, farms enter binding arbitration
- 08/12/2024 The Bakersfield Californian: Farmworker crushed to death harvesting almonds
- 08/12/2024 Politico: Biden admin pushing farmworker regs
- 08/12/2024 KCRA: Lawmaker pushes for stronger agricultural heat safety compliance after firing of 6 Yolo farmworkers
- 08/09/2024 Grist: Farmworker advocates celebrate rare EPA ban of toxic pesticide
- 08/09/2024 San Francisco Chronicle: This is what the country can do for undocumented farmworkers who’ve worked for decades and paid taxes
- 08/09/2024 Smithonian Magazine: ‘Dangerous’ Pesticide That Could Harm Fetuses Is Pulled From the Market in Historic Move by EPA
- 08/09/2024 El Observador: With Escalating Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, California Farmworkers Fear the Future
- 08/09/2024 Stocktonia: Californians say they were fired for leaving their jobs in sweltering heat. Is the state on their side?
- 08/09/2024 Click Orlando: ‘Essential to our society:’ Leaders push for OSHA heat protection standards for workers
- 08/08/2024 Sacramento Bee: California has heat regulations for farmworkers. Is another law needed for employers to comply?
- 08/08/2024 Capital Public Radio: A California bill aims to strengthen protections for outdoor workers during extreme heat
- 08/07/2024 CalMatters: Californians say they were fired for leaving their jobs in sweltering heat. Is the state on their side?
- 08/06/2024 The Hill: EPA issues emergency order to halt use of dangerous pesticide