United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 06/06/2024 KMPH: Safety top priority for Valley farmers who brace for record-breaking triple digit heat
- 06/05/2024 CBS News: San Joaquin County farmworkers pick cherries while battling high temps
- 06/04/2024 MLive: Federal extreme heat protections still aren’t in place for outdoor workers as U.S. braces for early ‘heatwave’
- 06/04/2024 2 News Nevada Video: California Farm Workers Working Through Heatwave
- 06/04/2024 CBS News 13: San Joaquin County farmworkers pick cherries while battling high temps
- 06/03/2024 Marketplace: Will workers be protected from extreme heat on the job?
- 06/01/2024 Public News Service: NE farmworkers, others face heightened risks of heat, humidity
- 05/19/2024 Florida Bulldog: Florida farmworkers brace for more needless tragedy after state fails to protect them and a scorching summer looms
- 05/08/2024 USA Today: No shade, no water, no breaks: DeSantis’ new law threatens Florida outdoor worker health
- 05/06/2024 Public News Service: Group takes steps to protect SC farm workers from heat stress
- 05/01/2024 Click Orlando: Florida farm workers call on state Legislators for heat protections
- 04/29/2024 PSU Vanguard: The invisible labor of U.S. farmworkers
- 04/29/2024 Fox 13 Tampa Bay: Florida farmworkers protest new law banning local water, heat break requirements for outdoor workers
- 04/25/2024 KVPR: New documentary series highlights climate change’s toll on farmworkers
- 04/23/2024 Miami Herald: Proposed OSHA fine after Florida farm worker’s heat death
- 04/18/2024 Florida Catholic: New bill disregards farmworker safety
- 04/18/2024 Public Health Institute: Webinar Recording: Developing Effective Protocols to Protect Farmworkers from Heat Illness in Polytunnels
- 04/17/2024 Sun Sentinel: The cruelty of exposing outdoor workers to extreme heat | Editorial
- 04/15/2024 USA Today: Florida joins Texas in banning local heat protections for outdoor workers
- 04/12/2024 Wisconsin Public Radio: Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer
- 04/12/2024 KPBS: Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer
- 04/12/2024 WUSF: DeSantis’ ban of local heat protections for outdoor workers could result in a ‘public health crisis’
- 04/11/2024 Eater: The Florida Senate Banned Heat Protections for Farmworkers, but a Groundbreaking Partnership Could Provide a Solution
- 04/10/2024 Safety+Health Magazine: Is farmworker dehydration a widespread issue?
- 03/23/2024 Truthout: Florida Blocks Passage of Statewide Heat Standards for Outdoor Workers