United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 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
- 08/15/2022 Your Central Valley: Farm workers prepare for the high temperature
- 08/14/2022 Yale Climate Connections: Bill would provide relief to farmworkers in drought-stricken California
- 08/06/2022 Wired: Extreme Heat Is Becoming More Dangerous for Farmworkers
- 08/01/2022 NBC 10 Philadelphia: Florida Farmworkers Fight for Protection From Heat
- 07/31/2022 Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Heat puts Ga. outdoor workers at risk as feds weigh safety standards
- 07/31/2022 NPR Colorado: As the West heats up, Oregon’s new outdoor worker protection rules are being tested
- 07/30/2022 National Catholic Reporter: As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?
- 07/28/2022 KTVL: New rules in effect for Oregon workers amid heat wave
- 07/28/2022 Patch: Farmworkers’ Biggest Threat Is Heat, Stanford Panelists Say
- 07/27/2022 KING 5: Emergency protections in place for Washington farm workers amid hot temperatures
- 07/26/2022 Futurity: Many workers aren’t protected from deadly heat