United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 05/11/2022 NBC 16 KMTR: Oregon OSHA adopts rules protecting workers from high heat, wildfire smoke
- 05/02/2022 Popular Science: Farm workers exposed to climate change effects are demanding protections
- 04/29/2022 Civil Eats: $1,000 a Month for Farmworkers? Proposed Payments Aim to Help Amid Drought
- 04/28/2022 The Runner: UC Irvine professor explains dangers of wildfires for farmworkers
- 04/28/2022 RFD-TV: California farmworkers might receive payments for their work during the ongoing drought
- 04/26/2022 Record Searchlight: California farmworkers could get $1,000 cash a month help under drought relief proposal
- 04/26/2022 Los Angeles Times: California bill would pay farmworkers $1,000 a month to help endure drought, climate crisis
- 04/26/2022 ABC 30 Fresno: Proposed state senate bill would send relief checks to farmworkers
- 04/26/2022 Hastings Tribune: California bill would pay farmworkers $1,000 a month to help endure drought, climate crisis
- 04/21/2022 The Fern: California weighs farmwork in wildfire areas
- 04/18/2022 The Press Democrat: Local farmworkers share hardships during rally for emergency protections
- 04/08/2022 Sonoma County Gazette: Are Sonoma County farmworkers being left out of fire planning?
- 04/08/2022 Politico: She invites lawmakers to work in the fields
- 04/03/2022 LA Progressive: The Injustice Farm Workers Face
- 03/03/2022 USNews: Fire Displaces 30 People, California Farmworker Families
- 02/21/2022 Florida Insider: Florida legislature plans to pass first law protecting outdoor workers from heat exposure
- 02/14/2022 Labor Notes: Farmworkers and Firefighters Are on the Front Lines of Climate-Fueled Catastrophe
- 02/01/2022 High Country News: A just transition for farmworkers
- 01/26/2022 NRDC: How Can OSHA Better Protect Workers from Climate Change?
- 01/11/2022 Greenpeace: Farmworkers, Community Organizers, and Latinx power: How Communities are Fighting Against the Climate Crisis in California
- 12/28/2021 North Carolina Health News: Extreme heat prompts effort to protect farmworkers and other laborers
- 12/21/2021 The Intercept: Grape Pickers Crash Lavish Sonoma Winery Banquet Demanding Better Wildfire Protections
- 12/21/2021 Statesman Journal: Legislature allocates $10M to Oregon farmworkers who missed work due to extreme weather
- 12/16/2021 The Daily Yonder: Extreme Heat Prompts Effort to Protect Farmworkers and Other Laborers
- 12/06/2021 NPR: Calif. rules to protect outdoor workers from smoke are rarely enforced, probe finds