Heat News Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 09/24/2020 The Week: Amid wildfires, U.S. farmworkers labor with few protections 09/22/2020 Food and Environment Reporting Network: As California wildfires rage, the harvest goes on 09/21/2020 InvestigateWest: Government, employers do little to protect outdoor workers from smoke 09/21/2020 Food Tank: Farm Workers Are Facing Two Crises as Wildfires Burn in the West 09/20/2020 KIRO 7: Wildfires leave migrant workers homeless, jobless in Eastern Washington 09/19/2020 Tri-City Herald: Wildfire smoke blankets harvest season with no clear rules to protect farm workers 09/18/2020 KATU: Portland State conducts farmworker survey, looks at impacts from wildfires and COVID-19 09/18/2020 PRI: Amid wildfires, US farmworkers labor with few protections 09/18/2020 WKSU News: mid wildfires, US farmworkers labor with few protections 09/17/2020 Yahoo News!: As smoke lifts on California’s coast, it lingers in Central Valley, where farmworkers have no refuge 09/17/2020 NPR: ‘I Have To Work’: Agricultural Workers In The West Harvest Crops Through Fire Smoke 09/17/2020 The Oregonian: Wildfires Oregon farmworkers face ‘awful choice’ as wildfire smoke plagues harvest 09/16/2020 ABC 30 Action News: Creek Fire: Farm work goes on amid smoky conditions 09/16/2020 KIMA CBS 29: Effects of poor air quality on agricultural workers 09/16/2020 Fresh Food Portal: Wildfires make dangerous air for farmworkers 09/16/2020 Bradenton Herald: Washington farms given masks for workers to combat smoke 09/16/2020 Eater Portland: Willamette Valley Vineyard Workers Are Picking Grapes in Hazardous Air 09/16/2020 The Counter: I’m a farm worker in Washington state, picking apples during the wildfires. All I have is a cloth mask to protect myself. 09/15/2020 Capital Press: Oregon discourages, but can’t ban, farm work in the smoke 09/15/2020 The New Republic: American’s Food Supply Chain Was Already Deadly. Then Came the Wildfires. 09/15/2020 WAMU 88.5: Wildfires Make Dangerous Air For Farmworkers: ‘It’s Like You Can’t Breathe’ 09/15/2020 Marketplace: As wildfires continue, air quality impacts farmworkers — masks requirements vary 09/15/2020 Skagit Valley Herald: Farms receive respiratory masks to protect workers from smoke 09/14/2020 Norwalk Reflector: ‘Crisis within a crisis:’ Already endangered by COVID-19, farms and farmworkers face new threat from wildfires 09/14/2020 Democracy Now! Pandemic, Wildfires & Heat Wave: Undocumented Farmworkers Face “Triple Threat” as West Coast Burns « Previous1…2324252627…36Next »