Heat News Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 08/09/2024 Media Advisory: Senator Cortese joins UFW President Teresa Romero and farm workers fired for leaving work over heat safety 08/08/2024 Sacramento Bee: California has heat regulations for farmworkers. Is another law needed for employers to comply? 08/08/2024 Capital Public Radio: A California bill aims to strengthen protections for outdoor workers during extreme heat 08/07/2024 CalMatters: Californians say they were fired for leaving their jobs in sweltering heat. Is the state on their side? 08/01/2024 Florida Phoenix: With parts of FL under a heat advisory, Kathy Castor calls on OSHA to expedite heat protection rule 07/29/2024 KQED: Farmworkers Remain in the Fields During Wildfires. Now, They’re Marching for Hazard Pay 07/26/2024 San Francisco Chronicle: California vineyard workers are losing wages amid extreme heat. Now they’re fighting back 07/23/2024 KCUR: A proposed federal rule aims to better protect millions of workers from heat 07/20/2024 The Guardian: Extreme heat may be crucial factor in human spread of bird flu 07/18/2024 Equities News: Protecting workers from the heat: Juley Fulcher of Public Citizen on OSHA’s new rule 07/17/2024 Axios: Heat wave fans spread of avian flu 07/17/2024 The Grist: The people who feed America are going hungry 07/16/2024 Reuters: Colorado workers with bird flu toiled in heat, without effective protective gear 07/16/2024 Idaho Capital Dispatch: Heat was likely a factor in 5 human bird flu infections in Colorado 07/16/2024 CNN: Colorado bird flu cases show how extreme heat may be complicating efforts to control the virus 07/14/2024 NPR: Central Valley, where a quarter of the U.S.’s food is grown, faces extreme heat 07/13/2024 KVPR: As California experiences prolonged heat wave, those in the farms are bearing the brunt 07/12/2024 New Jersey Monitor: Amid heat wave, labor groups urge N.J. to enact protections for outdoor workers 07/12/2024 KGET: Farm workers hit by smaller paychecks because of the heat wave 07/11/2024 ABC 23: Extreme heat threatens agricultural workers 07/10/2024 Hoodline: California Farmworkers Fired After Leaving Fields Due to Extreme Heat 07/09/2024 ABC 10: 6 farmworkers fired after leaving work in Yolo County on hot summer day 07/09/2024 As California Temperatures Soar, UFW urges passage of the Preventing Farm Worker Climate Change Heat Injury, Illness or Death Act (SB 1299) 07/08/2024 The Sacramento Observer: Biden Will Protect Workers From Extreme Heat — If He’s Reelected 07/08/2024 Farmtario: Farmworkers in the US cultivate their own heat safety standards « Previous12345…37Next »