United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 12/02/2021 KQED: California Failed to Protect Outdoor Workers from Wildfire Smoke Under Biden’s New OSHA Chief
- 11/26/2021 Oregon Live: Oregon’s hotter, drier summers dampen enthusiasm for trek north for farmworkers
- 11/24/2021 The San Diego Tribune: For poor farmworkers, there is no escape from heat, high prices of California
- 11/22/2021 The Los Angeles Times: For poor farmworkers, there is no escape from heat, high prices of California
- 11/16/2021 Yahoo! News: The Climate Gap: Coachella Valley Farmworkers on the frontlines of the climate crisis
- 11/03/2021 The Counter: ‘Temperatures continue to rise and farmworkers continue to be at risk’
- 10/28/2021 The Los Angeles Times: Column: These people are bearing the brunt of California’s climate crisis
- 10/27/2021 Yahoo! news: ‘Water, shade and rest’: Extreme heat threatens US workers, economy
- 10/27/2021 International Business Times: ‘Water, Shade And Rest’: Extreme Heat Threatens US Workers, Economy
- 10/22/2021 Statesman Journal: As rules are crafted, farmworkers report limited access to breaks, shade on hot days
- 10/19/2021 Successful Farming: Farmworker safety agency is needed in California, says report
- 10/13/2021 King City Rustler: Newsom signs bill to protect farmworkers from wildfire smoke
- 10/11/2021 Capital and Main: Day Laborers Pay a Steep Price Working in California Fire Zones
- 10/07/2021 PBS NewsHour: The U.S. will develop a federal heat standard for the first time. Here’s what advocates and labor experts want
- 10/05/2021 The Daily Herald: Comment: Soaring heat killing U.S. farm workers, even in NW
- 10/05/2021 Al Jazeera: Flames, smoke and heat: California grape workers push for change
- 10/04/2021 Bloomberg: Soaring Heat Is Killing America’s Farm Workers
- 09/30/2021 The State: ‘They’re literally hot all the time.’ How a heat standard would help NC farmworkers
- 09/29/2021 Benito Link: Governor signs bill intended to protect farmworkers from wildfire smoke
- 09/28/2021 The Salinas Californian: Farmworker Wildfire Smoke Protections Act gets governor’s approval
- 09/28/2021 Monterey Herald: Salinas Assemblyman authors law protecting farm workers from smoke
- 09/27/2021 The Sacramento Bee: Gavin Newsom signs bill aimed at decreasing wildfire smoke exposure for California farm workers
- 09/22/2021 The Good Men Project: Protect Workers From This Heat
- 09/21/2021 Drovers: Biden Administration Seeks to Protect Americans from Extreme Heat
- 09/21/2021 Successful Farming: Labor Department starts work on heat safety rule