United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 06/29/2021 UFW, UFW Fd. urge Gov. Inslee to issue emergency heat protections for farm & outdoor workers amid record heat
- 06/28/2021 Politico: The heat is on, in a bad way
- 06/28/2021 KGW 8: Tracking heat wave impact on Pacific Northwest crops, farm workers
- 06/27/2021 Satestman Journal: OSHA excessive heat rules for farmworkers not yet in place for heat wave
- 06/25/2021 11 Alive: Weather Verify Yes, heat is historically the top weather-related killer in the US
- 06/21/2021 Capital Press: Washington proposes wildfire smoke rule twice as strict as California’s
- 06/20/2021 The Washington Post: Farmworkers and construction crews face special danger as an extreme heat wave continues to bake the West
- 06/20/2021 ABC News: Farmworkers especially vulnerable as dangerous heat wave scorches wide swath of US
- 06/19/2021 KUNA Chanel 3 News: Gripping heat wave causes extremely dangerous working conditions for Coachella Valley farmworkers
- 06/18/2021 Bloomberg: Workers Critical to U.S. Fruit Supplies Face Danger From Extreme Hea
- 06/17/2021 YourCentralValley: Farm workers and the heat: ‘It isn’t easy work, it’s hard work’
- 06/16/2021 Colorado Springs Independent: Opinion: Climate change and farmers
- 06/15/2021 The Counter: Farm workers bear an increasingly high risk from heat exposure
- 06/14/2021 Civil Eats: As the Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat
- 06/14/2021 NBC News: Why are workers in the U.S. still dying from heat exhaustion?
- 06/10/2021 GBP: Rising Summer Heat Threatens Farm Workers
- 06/04/2021 The Californian: Assembly Bill 73 would further protect agricultural workers by providing more resources
- 06/04/2021 California News Times: Farmworker Wildfire Protection Assembly Bill
- 05/29/2021 Napa Valley Register: Ahead of another fire season, Napa Valley’s farmworkers face unknown health risk from more smoke exposure
- 05/28/2021 The Cleo Institute: Rising temperatures intensify risks for Florida farmworkers
- 05/17/2021 The Hill: Farmworker health and climate change
- 05/17/2021 OPB: Protecting workers exposed to Oregon’s heat waves and wildfire smoke
- 04/24/2021 The Week Magazine: As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the U.S. push for more rights
- 04/20/2021 The World: As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights
- 04/01/2021 Al Dia: Sen. Alex Padilla’s bill to protect farmworkers exposed to dangerous heat conditions