United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 06/30/2023 Fox 26 News: Farm workers educate others of existing rights, protections when working in extreme heat
- 06/29/2023 Capital Press: Washington heat rule requiring hourly breaks coming July 17
- 06/29/2023 Business Insurance News: Labor contractor cited after farmworker dies following heat illness
- 06/28/2023 Idaho News 6: Idaho Immigrant Resource Alliance is working on a Heat and Smoke relief fund for agriculture workers
- 06/26/2023 The Columbian: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
- 06/22/2023 Clean Technica: USA Needs To Protect Its Farmworkers From “Danger Season”
- 06/22/2023 RFD TV: Renewed Stress: Summer has arrived and ag country is feeling the heat
- 06/20/2023 Union of Concerned Citizens: The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”
- 06/19/2023 The Washington Post: Texas law overrides safeguards like water breaks as temperatures rise
- 06/15/2023 Crosscut: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
- 06/14/2023 WFSU News: Florida heat can kill, but there are no laws to protect outdoor workers
- 06/13/2023 Modern Farmer: In California, Climate Change Fuels Disasters—and a Push For More Farmworker Protections
- 06/13/2023 ValleyCentral.com: Farm workers pull through in extreme heat conditions
- 06/05/2023 Statesman Journal: Hazardous work bill heads to Gov. Kotek’s desk
- 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