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Heat News
- 08/21/2023 AG Web: Keep Farm Employees Safe During the Extreme Heat
- 08/21/2023 Jefferson Public Radio: After farmworker’s death in Fresno-area heat, UFW and Sen. Padilla say it’s time for stronger protections at work
- 08/21/2023 California Local: A Farmworker Dies in Fresno’s 100-Degree Heat As UFW, Padilla Call for New Workplace Protections
- 08/18/2023 The Fresno Bee: Farmworker who labored in extreme California heat died. Family, advocates seeking answers
- 08/18/2023 The Bakersfield Californian: ‘Laws on the books aren’t the laws in the field’: US Senator Padilla, advocates seek national workplace heat protections
- 08/18/2023 ABC 30: California Sen. Alex Padilla pushes for outdoor workers rights after recent heat-related deaths
- 08/18/2023 Cal Matters: After farmworker’s death in Fresno-area heat, UFW and Sen. Padilla say it’s time for stronger protections at work
- 08/18/2023 Senator Alex Padilla: Padilla Joins Union Workers in the Central Valley to Push for Federal Heat Stress Protections
- 08/18/2023 The Sentinel: After farmworker’s death in Fresno-area heat, UFW and Sen. Padilla say it’s time for stronger protections at work
- 08/18/2023 KVPR: Farmworker dies in Fresno County after working in extreme heat. ‘He should not have died.’
- 08/17/2023 The Brunswick News: 113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farm workers can’t escape life-threatening heat
- 08/16/2023 Los Angeles Times: 113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat
- 08/15/2023 Axios: Grueling heat takes toll on outside workers’ physical and mental health
- 08/15/2023 In These Times: It’s too Hot to Keep Using Pesticides
- 08/13/2023 Idaho Statesman: When extreme heat hits Idaho, farmworkers struggle. What protections do they have?
- 08/10/2023 KVIA abc 7: Federal lawmakers looking to protect workers from extreme heat
- 08/09/2023 The Reckon Report: Say Their Names: These are all the farmworkers who have died from extreme heat in the last year
- 08/03/2023 Time: Extreme Heat Is Endangering America’s Workers—and Its Economy
- 08/02/2023 Environmental Defense Fund: The growing threat of heat for farmworkers
- 08/02/2023 Environmental Defense Fund: Heat stress threatens agricultural workers’ health as U.S. temperatures rise
- 08/02/2023 Hollister Free Lance: Congress members introduce disaster relief proposal for farmworkers
- 07/31/2023 The Guardian: Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils
- 07/28/2023 Democracy Now: Texas Rep. Greg Casar on Why He Undertook “Thirst Strike” to Demand Heat Protections for Workers
- 07/27/2023 The Guardian: Biden announces new measures to protect Americans from extreme heat
- 07/27/2023 Georgia Public Broadcasting: Biden rolled out some new measures to respond to extreme heat as temperatures soar