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Heat News
- 05/30/2019 Union of Concerned Scientists: It’s National Heat Awareness Day—Let’s Protect Farmworkers from Extreme Heat
- 05/16/2019 TucsonSentinel.com: Worker advocates burned up over lack of federal heat protections
- 05/16/2019 Modesto Bee: Loved ones honor teenage farm worker killed by heat stroke near Farmington in 2008
- 05/16/2019 As spring-summer harvest seasons begin, memorial service for pregnant Mexican immigrant, 17, whose 2008 death helped beef up California’s strict heat rules
- 05/13/2019 Safety BLR.com: Public Citizen renews call for heat stress standard
- 05/09/2019 Fair Warning: Worker Advocates Burned Up Over Lack of Federal Heat Protections
- 03/26/2019 Food & Environment Reporting Network: How climate change drives farmworker activism heat
- 03/08/2019 Orlando Sentinel (FL): Bill targets regulating heat-related injuries for Florida outdoor workers
- 01/10/2019 Moultrie Observer (GA): OSHA fines company after farm worker dies
- 11/26/2018 SUN News Reports: Rivera Agri Inc. – a provider of temporary agricultural labor – has been cited for failing to protect employees working in excessive heat after a farmworker .
- 11/18/2018 Scottsluff Star Herald (NE): Fines proposed over farmworker’s death in sweltering heat
- 11/14/2018 Agprofessional.com: Fines Proposed Over Farmworker’s Death in Sweltering Heat
- 11/14/2018 Staffing Industry Analysis: OSHA cites staffing provider in farmworker’s death
- 11/14/2018 Insurance Journal: Company Faces OSHA Fines Due to Farmworker’s Death in Nebraska
- 11/14/2018 NTV(NB): OSHA cites company in excessive heat death of detasseler
- 11/13/2018 Grand Island Independent (CA): OSHA proposes $11600 penalty for heat-related death
- 11/13/2018 Omaha World-Herald: OSHA proposes $11641 penalty for heat-related death near Grand Island
- 11/07/2018 Southeast Agnet (FL): Expert Researchers Meet to Discuss Science Related to Heat Stress
- 10/19/2018 New York Daily News: As temperatures rise, advocates fear heat’s effects on Florida’s farm and construction workers
- 10/09/2018 AgDaily: New technology prevents heat illness for farm workers
- 09/26/2018 BloombergQuint: On the Trail of a Deadly Disease That Cuts Down Farmworkers in Their Prime
- 09/25/2018 KIMA CB S 29: Central Washington State Fair honors farm workers with new exhibit
- 09/19/2018 Occupational Health and Safety: Petition Backs National Heat Protection Standard
- 09/18/2018 Yubanet: As Climate Heats Up, Public Calls for Worker Protections From Heat. ufw & heat news
- 09/18/2018 Marketplace.org: Heat exposure can be deadly for farm workers. Now, advocates are asking the feds to step in