United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 08/25/2021 US News & World Report: As Temperatures Rise, So Do the Health Risks for California’s Farmworkers
- 08/25/2021 Oregon Natural Resources Report: Protecting farm employees from smoke
- 08/24/2021 Sacramento News and Reviews: As temperatures rise, so do the health risks for California’s farmworkers
- 08/24/2021 The Seattle Times: It shouldn’t take a 100-degree day to trigger heat protections for farmworkers
- 08/23/2021 Chicago Sun Times: California farm workers face growing health risks as heat keeps rising
- 08/22/2021 Hermiston Herald: Emergency worker protections put Oregon farms to the test
- 08/20/2021 The Fresno Bee: California farmworkers face risks from heat, smoke. Regulations offer little protection
- 08/19/2021 KQED: Calls Intensify For Stronger Worker Protections As Heat Deaths Rise In Calif. and U.S.
- 08/19/2021 Desert Sun: As temperatures rise, so do the health risks for California’s farmworkers
- 08/18/2021 Agri Pulse: Climate report forecasts heat that will threaten crops, farmworkers
- 08/17/2021 Rolling Stone: Sebastian Perez Did Not Have to Die
- 08/17/2021 NPR: Heat Is Killing Workers In The U.S. — And There Are No Federal Rules To Protect Them
- 08/17/2021 Bay News 9: Report says Florida outdoor workers could lose wages from extreme heat due to climate change
- 08/17/2021 KGOU: Workers Are Dying Of Heat Outdoors Without Standards To Protect Them
- 08/17/2021 Union of Concerned Scientists: Too Hot to Work
- 08/16/2021 The Columbian: Heat and smoke protections for Washington farmworkers may fall short
- 08/13/2021 The Spokesman-Review: Concerns heightened for farmworkers as another heat wave hits Washington
- 08/13/2021 Insurance Journal: Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farm Laborers
- 08/13/2021 Eco Watch: Extreme Heat Is Killing Farmworkers, Compounding Inequities
- 08/12/2021 Bloomberg: Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farmworkers
- 08/12/2021 Statesman Journal: New rules offer some relief to outdoor workers, but concerns remain about pay, health impacts
- 08/11/2021 The Oregonian: Opinion: Heat, smoke protections are a start, but workers need more
- 08/11/2021 WGCU News: Research shows harm of heat on Florida Farmworkers
- 08/11/2021 East Oregonian: Labor Secretary gets earful on Oregon farmworker conditions
- 08/10/2021 KOIN 6: Labor Secretary Walsh holds farmworkers roundtable in Oregon