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- 05/15/2023 East Oregonian: Washington rolls out rules for working in wildfire smoke
- 04/12/2023 Bay News 9: Study aims to educate farmworkers about the dangers of working in the sun
- 02/17/2023 KQED: From the Soil: Farmworkers Building Fire Resilience
- 02/06/2023 KALW One Planet: What will it take to improve the health and safety of farmworkers?
- 02/04/2023 CalMatters: California farmworkers cope with wildfire smoke, pesticides, roaches and rodents, survey says
- 02/02/2023 Nieman Report: How Rising Temperatures Are Becoming a Labor Story
- 01/26/2023 The Fern: Extreme weather creates a food crisis for California farmworkers
- 12/31/2022 Daily Kos: Support for farmworkers is an essential part of climate change policy
- 12/23/2022 Jefferson Public Radio: Oregon laws protecting workers from heat and smoke will not be overturned, judge rules
- 11/30/2022 Union of Concerened Scientists: This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain
- 11/03/2022 KVPR: Amid California’s three-year drought, a San Joaquin Valley farmworker considers seeking work outside the region
- 10/17/2022 Capital Press: Washington eyes stricter mask rule for outdoor workers
- 10/10/2022 USA Today: Black saliva, sore throat, shortness of breath: How dangerous is wildfire season for US farmworkers?
- 10/08/2022 Living on Earth: Many Hazards for Farmworkers
- 09/27/2022 Statesman Journal: Heat and wildfire smoke rules in Oregon yield some citations, many OSHA complaints
- 09/21/2022 WFYI PBS: Without state, federal protections, extreme heat puts Indiana farm workers in danger
- 09/19/2022 Public News Service: Amid Wildfires, Heat, WA Farmworkers Call for Greater Protections
- 09/16/2022 WVPE 88.1: Without state, federal protections, extreme heat puts Indiana farm workers in danger
- 09/12/2022 The Takeout: How California’s Heat Wave Impacts America’s Food Supply
- 09/08/2022 Daily Kos: ‘It is difficult for us right now’: Farmworkers share stories of laboring amid intense heatwave
- 09/07/2022 Daily Kos: Farmworkers toil amid heat as bill strengthening union rights continues to sit on Newsom’s desk
- 08/31/2022 My Mother Lode: Padilla: My Heat Stress Legislation Will Protect Farm Workers
- 08/22/2022 KCRA 3: How farm workers’ rights have strengthened since the 2008 death of pregnant 17-year-old María Isavel Vásquez Jiménez
- 08/19/2022 The Sacramento Bee: California’s farmworkers suffer and die in the heat. They deserve life-saving protections
- 08/17/2022 The Daily Yonder: Workers Suffer, Die While Awaiting Better Heat-Safety Rules, Advocates Say