United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 08/20/2012 San Francisco Chronicle: State needs to protect farmworkers
- 07/03/2012 Huffington Post: Who’s Watching Out for Farm Workers Left Out in the Heat?
- 06/05/2012 Fresno Bee: Two possible heat deaths probed in Fresno County
- 06/01/2012 Sacramento Bee: Assembly approves farm worker protection bill
- 04/04/2012 Bilingual Weekly: Farm workers continue Chavez Legacy
- 03/27/2012 Hispanically Speaking News: United Farm Workers Union Supports Bill to Enforce Water & Shade Standards
- 03/27/2012 Fox News Latino: United Farm Workers Union Backs Heat Relief Bill Before California Legislature
- 03/24/2012 Merced Sun Star (CA): Central Valley, Merced area workers back hot weather bill
- 03/21/2012 UFW bill lets farm workers enforce heat death prevention rules since state hasn’t
- 01/13/2012 Western Farm Press: California farm labor contractors issued citations after heat deaths
- 01/11/2012 CBS Los Angeles: California Company Fined $74K For Allowing Farm Hand To Die Of Heat Stroke
- 01/11/2012 PR Newswire: Cal/OSHA Issues Citations in First Confirmed Heat Related Fatality for 2011
- 01/11/2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Cal-OSHA cites, fines company for farmworker death
- 09/14/2011 Los Angeles Times: California farmworker protections not going far enough?
- 09/04/2011 Ventura County Star: UFW marchers reach Capitol, celebrate proposed labor reforms
- 09/01/2011 Special for the UFW: FAMILY OF PREGNANT TEEN TRAGICALLY TAKEN BY HEAT MARCHES FOR DAY WITH SACRAMENTO-BOUND PILGRIMS
- 08/29/2011 Farm worker marchers pause at Stockton courthouse Monday to remember teen grape worker who died from the heat in 2008. Members of Maria Isavel’s family join 200-mile march
- 07/23/2011 Associated Press: State investigates 6 possible heat-related deaths
- 07/22/2011 Associated Press: Calif investigates 6 possible heat-related deaths
- 07/08/2011 New America Media: Should California Deny Farm Workers Their Basic Rights?
- 06/25/2011 Press TV: California Farm Industry Deadly for Workers (includes video)
- 06/18/2011 “Heat” (video)
- 05/14/2011 Daily Kos: Tragic Death of Teen Farm Worker in 2008 Propels Uncle to Fight for Labor Rights
- 05/13/2011 Tragic Death of Teen Farm Worker in 2008 Propels Uncle to Fight for Labor Rights
- 05/12/2011 California Labor Federation: Fighting for Fair Treatment for Farmworkers