United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Heat News
- 01/29/2024 Grist: As summers grow ever hotter, OSHA appears ready to protect workers
- 01/27/2024 AZ Central: Arizona lawmaker files bill to protect workers from heat after Yuma farmworker death
- 01/10/2024 Blue Book Services: Pollution increases heat-related farmworker danger
- 01/07/2024 Medpage Today: It’s High Time to Protect Farmworkers From Heat-Related Illness and Death
- 12/31/2023 Mother Jones: Excessive Heat and Air Pollution Are Putting Farmworkers’ Lives at Risk
- 12/30/2023 AZ Central: In Yuma, farmworkers’ struggle with heat is worsened by inadequate housing
- 12/18/2023 Earth Beat: Bishop says climate change affects farms, migrants in Washington state
- 12/16/2023 King 5: New rules protecting Washington workers from wildfire smoke will start in January
- 11/19/2023 NC Health News: Migrant worker’s death prompts calls for extreme heat labor laws
- 11/14/2023 WFAE 90.7: Migrant worker’s death prompts calls for extreme-heat labor laws
- 11/13/2023 Workers Are Dying From the Heat: Why Is It so Hard to Protect Them?
- 11/13/2023 North Carolina Health News: Migrant worker’s death prompts calls for extreme heat labor laws
- 11/13/2023 KQED: How Central Valley Farmworker Communities Are Tackling Climate Change
- 11/06/2023 The Washington Post: This county could create the strictest workplace heat rules in the U.S.
- 11/02/2023 Islander News: After death of two farmworkers, Miami-Dade could be first County to mandate heat-related protections for outdoor workers
- 11/02/2023 Earthjustice: In Shocking Decision, 8th Circuit Sends Chlorpyrifos Food Use Ban Back to EPA
- 10/31/2023 Inside Climate News: Extreme Heat Pushes More Farmworkers to Harvest at Night, Creating New Risks
- 10/27/2023 Grist: How Florida farmworkers are protecting themselves from extreme heat
- 10/19/2023 Grist: Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?Grist:
- 10/19/2023 The Daily Reflector: Nursing researchers focus on heat stress in farm workers
- 10/19/2023 Grist: Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?
- 10/19/2023 The Guardian: ‘You should be able to have a water break’: US workers fight for extreme-heat rules
- 10/18/2023 The Messenger: Dysfunctional Congress Left American Farm Workers in Limbo
- 10/12/2023 Eater: Nighttime Harvests Can Protect Farmworkers from Blistering Heat, but They Bring New Risks
- 10/03/2023 Sierra Sun Times: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Helps Protect Riverside County Coachella Valley Farm Workers and Supports Communities Through Secured Donation