Current heat related news and information (2008 & 2009) Posted on July 8, 2008 by admin Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link CA Heat Regulations – News and Information (2009 & 2008) NEWSPAPER CLIPS OTHER INFORMATION/MULTIMEDIA 08/03/2009 Los Angeles Times: Targeting heat-related farm deaths 7/30/2009 Landmark Lawsuit Accuses State of Failing to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Death and Illness 08/02/2009 Desert Sun: Board files proposal to update heat regulations for state farmworks Video from Landmark Lawsuit Accuses State of Failing to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Death and Illness 07/31/2009 New York Times: Farm Workers’ Union Sues California Agency Over Rules on Heat Safety 7/28/2009 A Vigil to Honor Farm Workers Who Died from Heat-related illness Brings Interfaith Groups Together in Los Angeles 07/30/2009 abc7.com: Calif. sued over farm worker safety Video from UFW/NFWM Interfaith Vigil for the 15 farm workers have died heat-related deaths since 2004 07/30/2009 Los Angeles Times: Farmworkers sue state for failing to enforce heat protection laws 07/25/2009 Thousands Pray for Farm Workers Who Have Died from Heat-related Illness While Harvesting Crops that Feed Americans 07/30/2009 Fresno Bee: Cal-OSHA sued for alleged inability to protect farm laborers 07/08/2009 Conference Seeks to Motivate Students to Fight for Farm Worker Rights on Anniversary of Farm Worker Audon Felix?Heat Death; Featured Speaker Niece, Alma Felix 07/30/2009 The Desert Sun: ACLU to sue state over heat-related deaths Video from Alma Felix talks about the heat death of her uncle, farm worker, Audon Felix Garcia on the one yeasr anniversary of his death 07/30/2009 89.3 KPCC: Farmworkers sue CA over rest breaks, shade, water Daily Kos: Request from Alma Felix on the anniversary of the heat death of her uncle 06/29/2009 KCRA: Farm Advocates: Vines Don’t Count As Shade Daily Kos: New Cal-OSHA heat regs still won’t work 06/23/2009 Los Angeles Times: In the Coachella Valley, hope withers on the vine 06/18/2009: Legal Groups Say "Exceptions and Loopholes" make State Proposal to Protect Farm Workers from Heat Totally Inadequate 06/19/2009 Modesto Bee: Worker heat reform falters 06/18/2009: Legal Groups Say State Proposal to Protect Farmworkers from Summer Heat Is “Totally Inadequate” 06/19/2009 Capitol Press: California official directed to rework heat safety rules 06/04/2009 Daily Kos: This Water is for Display Only 06/19/2009 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA board delays heat-stress rule changes 05/16/2009 Daily Kos: A Matter of Life and Death. Really. How to End California’s Harvest of Shame. 06/19/2009 ABC 7: Stricter laws to protect farm workers 05/13/200: UFW, Community Hold Vigil to Remember Fallen Teen Farm Worker 06/18/2009 EHS Today: Cal/OSHA Compliance Officers Say OSHAB’s Unfair Policies Impact Their Ability to Protect CA Workers 04/23/2009 UFW Applauds Charges Against 3 Merced Farm Labor Top Officials on 17-year-old Farm Worker’s Death Last Year 06/18/2009: Associated Press: Calif. board orders revisions to heat rules California Progress Report: Farmworker Free Choice Bill Passes Senate Committee 06/18/2009 Pacifica Radio: Emergency response to overheating farmers SB 789 Bill Analysis 06/18/2009 KGO TV: Cal OSHA considers new heat laws 10/01/2008 UFW Statement on Veto of AB 2386 06/18/2009: Desert Sun: More demanded from state to stop heat-related deaths 10/01/2008 Statement of Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez on Veto of AB 2386, Secret Ballot for Farmworkers Bill 06/13/2009: Salinas Californian: Sacramento upgrades heat guidelines for labor companies Suspected Heat Related Farm Worker Deaths: July 2004-July 2008 06/08/2009: Huffington Post: Exclusive Video: Martin Sheen Speaks Out for Farm Workers Sospechadas muertes de trabajadores agrícolas debido al calor: Julio de 2004-julio de 2008 05/15/2009: Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Turn up the heat on safety in the fields 08/18/2008: More than 700 Farm Workers will Lobby State Legislators Stockton Record:Three charged in farm death 08/18/2008: Letter from UFW President Arturo S, Rodriguez to Legislators 04/23/2009 Stockton Record: Manslaughter charges filed in 2008 death of 17-year-old farmworker 08/15/2008 Daily Kos: Fighting Back on Heat Deaths: Farm Workers going to Sacramento 04/23/2009 Associated Press: 3 charged in Calif in teen farmworker’s death 08/08/2008: Coachella Valley Farm Worker Latest Victim to Succumb to Probable Heat-Related Causes 04/23/2009 Business Week: Calif. bill would ease unionization of farmworkers 08/07/2008 Press Release & Photos: Funeral Arrangements for Jorge Herrera, 5th farm worker to die this year due to heat 04/23/2009: KION: Bill Passes To Help Farm Workers Organize, Enforce Workplace Laws 08/01/2008: Heatstroke Claims Life of 14th Farm Worker; Jorge Herrera Had Been Hospitalized Since July 9 04/23/2009: The Salinas Californian: Calif. Senate approves farm worker organizing bill 08/01/2008 La Insolación Cobra la vida de Decimocuarto Campesino; Jorge Herrera Estuvo Internado Desde el 9 de Julio 04/01/2009: The Salinas Californian: UFW-supported bill would give new option for farmworkers to unionize 08/01/2008: Blog: Docudharma.com: Another Farm Worker dies. Does anyone give a damn? 10/01/2008 Salinas Californian: Schwarzenegger rejects secret ballots for farmworkers 07/30/2008 Blog: The Sanctuary: United Farm Workers Calls for Manslaughter Charges 08/28/2008 Sacramento Bee: Labor contractor gives up license after heat death 07/25/2008 Blog: Five Husbands: He’s Not Heavy, He’s An Illegal: farm worker safety debate 08/21/2008 Sacramento Bee: In California’s fields, risks rise with the temperature 7/24/2008 UFW News Release – Fines aren’t enough. There must be criminal prosecution in the death of 17 year old heat victim 08/21/2008 Associated Press: More farm deaths in heat despite Calif. crackdown 07/25/2008 Daily Kos: United Farm Workers Calls for Manslaughter Charges Against Company in Death of 17 Year Old 08/18/2008 Associated Press: California could change farm worker union votes 07/15/2008: VIDEO: Delegation of UFW supporters to to Trader Joe’s turning in around 15,000 letters re: "2 Buck Chuck" & Heat death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 08/17/2008 Salinas Californian: More than 700 farm workers to rally in Capitol against heat-related deaths Senator Dean Florez letter to Marko B. Zaninovich, President Sunview Vineyards of California (where Abdon Felix was working) 08/12/2008 Lodi News-Sentinel: State fines Galt contractor $77,900 for safety violations 07/09/2008 UFW News Release – Heat Claims Life of Second Farm Worker in Past Month – Santa Maria man died while working in 110 degree heat 08/11/2008 KMIR ch. 6: Farm Worker Death 07/09/2008 El calor Reclama la Vida de Segundo Trabajador Agrícola en el Mes Pasado 08/09/2008 Riverside Press Enterprise: Inland farmworker’s death is investigated 07/04/2008 UFW News Release – License Reinstatement Slap in the Face to the Memory of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 08/07/2008 KBAK: Funeral service held today for a farm worker who died from heat 07/04/2008 LICENCIA RESTABLECIDA, BOFETADA A LA MEMORIA DE MARIA ISABEL VASQUEZ JIMENEZ 08/02/2008 Fresno Bee: Farmworker dies after collapsing at vineyards Blog: Daily Kos: 17 yr. old farm worker who died of heat stroke connected to "Two-Buck Chuck." 08/02/2008 Los Angeles Times: A real heat shield for farmworkers 06/20/2008 UFW condena la despedida de Doroteo Jiménez 08/01/2008 Associated Press: State probes 12 possible worker heat deaths 06/20/2008 UFW News Release – UFW Condemns Firing of Doroteo Jimenez 08/01/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Another farm worker dies from heat illness – Fifth death this summer, ‘The black summer for farm workers’ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Heat-Related Deaths Among Crop Workers — United States, 1992–2006 07/26/2008 Bakersfield Californian: What’s enough shade at work? Rule interpretation varies greatly 06/18/2008 UFW News Release – Wrongful Death Lawsuit to be Filed on Behalf of Family of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/24/2008 Stockton Record: State fines labor firm over death 18/06/2008: La demanda por una muerte injusta será archivada de parte de la familia de Maria Isabel Vásquez Jiménez 07/23/2008 Sacramento Bee: Farm labor contracting company fined after heat stroke death Farm worker pilgrimage reaches Capitol (Video) 07/23/2008 Associated Press: Farm labor contractor fined in worker’s death Farm workers make pilgrimage to Capitol (Video) 07/22/2008 Alternet: How Many More Workers Will We Let Die in the Fields This Summer? 06/04/08: Remarks by Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, Honoring Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, June 4, 2008—state Capitol, Sacramento 07/20/2008 KMPH: Valley Family Says Heat Exhaustion Killed Relative 06/04/08: Mensaje de Arturo S. Rodriguez, Presidente, Union de Campesinos, Honrando a Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, 4 de junio, 2008–Capitolio Estatal, Sacramento 07/19/2008 Associated Press: Fourth possible heat-related death investigated Pilgrimage for Fallen Farm Workers Day 4 /Peregrinacion por Campesinos Caidos Dia 4 – Ricardo Macias 07/18/2008 The Free Press: A summer of deadly heat, by Dick Meister Pilgrimage for Fallen Farm Workers Day 4/Peregrinacion por Campesinos Caidos Dia 4 – Thomas Montoya 07/16/2008 Associated Press: Farmworker clings to life after heat stroke 06/04/2008: Peregrinacion Photos Day 3 07/16/2008 KBAK ch 29: Last week’s heat wave takes it toll on residents of Bakersfield 06/03/2008: Perigrino Blog & Photos, Day 3 07/15/2008 KPFA – UFW delegation turns in close to 15,000 letters to Trander Joe’s regarding Charles Shaw and the heat heath of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 06/02/2008 UFW News Release – Day 2: Peregrinacion for the Fallen Farm Worker 07/15/2008 KERO ch 23: Worker Collapses While In Orchard 06/02/2008: Photos of Pilgrimage for Fallen Farm Workers, Day 1/Fotos de Peregrinacion por Campesinos Caidos, Dia uno 07/15/2008 Sacramento Bee: Heat puts farm worker on breathing machine – Three others have died from heat-related illness. Peregrimacion route:**SUBJECT TO CHANGE 07/14/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Another Central Valley farm worker apparently dies of heat illness – Brings to four the number of farm worker heat deaths this summer 06/02/2008 CTW Connect: The Short Life and Preventable Death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/14/2008 Sacramento Bee: Death under the sun – Another farm fatality underlines risks 05/30/2008 UFW News Release – Four-day Lodi to State Capitol Farm Worker Peregrinacion in Honor of Teen and Other Workers Who Have Died From Heat 07/12/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Senator launches Delano heat death inquiry 05/30/2008 Peregrinación de cuatro días desde Lodi hacia la Capital del Estado en honor de los adolescentes y otros trabajadores que han muerto por el calor. 07/11/2008 KSBY: Santa Maria family searches for answers in death of field worker Maria’s Story 07/11/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Possible heat death prompts questions from local lawmaker Video: Maria’s fiance Florentino Bautista talks about what happened on May 14./Video: El comprometido de Maria, Florentino Bautista, habla sobre lo que paso el 14 de mayo 07/11/2008 KCOY: Heat wave victim laid to rest. Video: Excerpts from press availability before peregrimacion kickoff 07/11/2008 Sacramento Bee: State investigating third farmworker fatality in scorching weather Video: de la conferencia de prensa antes del comienzo de la peregrinacion 07/11/2008 Porterville Recorder: UFW leader says heat to blame for farmworkers’ deaths 05/28/2008 UFW News Release – Memorial Service for 17-Year-Old Farm Worker; First Heat-Related Death This Year 07/11/2008 News10.net: Third, Possible Heat-Related Farmworker Death Investigated Photos of the funeral of 17-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez/Fotos de el funeral de Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/10/2008 KGET: Kern County Heat Wave 05/28/2008 Remarks by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez at Funeral Services for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, a 17-Year Old Farm Worker Who Died Due to the Heat 07/10/2008 KGET: Heat Death Victim Identified 05/28/2008 Comentarios por Arturo S. Rodriguez, el presidente, United Farm Workers of America, Servicios para Maria Isabel Vasquez Jiménez, El 28 de mayo, 2008—Lodi, California. 07/10/2008 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA investigating third possible farm laborer heat death 5/30/08: Another Daily Kos Blog on the death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/10/2008 Associated Press: More heat-related incidents reported Radio Campesina PSA re: Peregrinacion 07/10/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Farm workers union complains about heat-related deaths 5/29/08: Daily Kos Blog on the death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/10/2008 KERO ch 23: Heat Wave Strikes Farm Workers Living In Field – UFW Concerned After 3 Heat-Related Deaths In 2 Months ‘This Tragedy Happened Because of Greed’ Farm workers: UFW’s founder spoke to the same issues 25 years ago as were raised by a 1999 van accident that killed 13 – From LA Times: 8/27/99 07/10/2008 KMPH: Heat Could Be To Blame In Two Farmworker Deaths 07/10/2008 KERO ch 23: Heat Possibly Claims Worker’s Life 07/10/2008 KBAK: Heat Wave Alert-Farm workers suffer brunt of heat one dies, two sick 07/09/2008 KCRA: Heat Claims Life of Another Farm Worker – 64-Year-Old Man Died On 110-Degree Day 07/09/2008 NPR: California Checks On Farmworkers In Heat Wave 07/08/2008 SF Bay Guardian: Bucking off Chuck – Death of 17-year-old pregnant farm worker incites campaign against Trader Joe’s 07/08/2008 La Opinion: Incierto el futuro de la compañía Merced Farm Labor 07/08/2008 La Opinion: Grave riesgo trabajar en el campo – Las posibilidades de morir por insolación son 20 veces mayores 07/06/2008 Stockton Record: Labor union seeks Trader Joe’s assistance – Calls on grocery chain to toughen vendor policies 07/04/2008 Sacramento Bee: Merced labor contractor reopens, then is shut down again 07/04/2008 Stockton Record: Labor firm ordered to cease again – It was shut down temporarily after teen worker died 07/04/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Farm labor contractor shut down – again. Merced Farm Labor was back in business until Thursday afternoon. Contractor not in compliance with regulations says CalOSHA 07/04/08 San Francosco Chronicle: Farm firm back after teen’s death 07/02/2008 The Cleveland Free Times: TWO-BUCK CHUCK DUCK 06/27/2008 The Dominion: Death in the Field – An interview with Arturo Rodriguez of the UFW 06/23/2008 Riverside Press Enterprise: Judge orders shade, water for a company’s Coachella Valley farm workers 06/23/2008 La Opinion: Despedido luego de interponer demanda – Doroteo Jiménez es el tío de una campesina muerta por insolación 06/22/2008 Monterey County Herald: Heat is farmworker’s deadliest enemy 06/21/2008 Stockton Record: Uncle of girl who died from heatstroke is fired 06/20/2008 ABC World News Tonight: Protecting Field Workers – Many migrant workers are in danger due to the extreme heat in California 06/20/2008 McCLATCHY News Service: Heat kills crop workers at rate 20 times higher than others 06/19/2008 El Financiero: Demandan a empresas por muerte de mexicana en EU 06/19/2008 Merced Sun Star: Family of teen who died in vineyard sues field owner, labor contractor (Print & video) 06/19/2008 Sacramento Bee: Farmworker’s family sues over California heat-related death 06/19/2008 Stockton Record: Coroner – Heat stroke killed laborer 06/19/2008 Lodi News-Sentinel: 17-year-old died due to heat stroke 06/18/2008 ABC 30 (Video): Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Following Death of Teen Farm Worker 06/18/2008 KSEE 24: Lawsuit filed against labor contractor after pregnant worker’s death 06/18/2008 Associated Press: County officials say farmworker died of heat stroke 06/18/2008 La Opinion: Demandan por campesina muerta 06/17/2008 KRCA: Family Of Dead Farmworker Plans Lawsuit 06/16/2008 Stockton Record: Attention to farm safety is overdue 06/15/2008 Modesto Bee: Second farm contractor ordered to shut down 06/13/2008 ABC 30 (Video): Workplace Heat -Two Companies Feel the Heat after the Death of an Employee 06/13/2008 CBS 47: Farms Raided to Protect Farmworkers 06/13/2008 Stockton Record: Labor contractor barred from fields 06/13/2008 Decanter.com: Worker died pruning on Two Buck Chuck co-owner’s land 06/13/2008 Modesto Bee: State shuts down Merced Farm Labor 06/13/2008 Lodi News-Sentinel: Contractor that hired farmworker who died put out of business 06/10/2008 Sacramento Bee: Labor inspectors root out violations along Central Valley back roads 06/05/2008 Associated Press: Farmworker’s death prompts calls for Calif. reform 06/05/2008 Sacramento Bee: Video: March to the capitol 06/05/2008 Sacramento Bee: State to revoke license of farm labor contractor 06/05/2008 Stoclton Record Net Video: Farm labor advocates called on state legislators to amend a bill that would make it easier for farm workers to unionize after a four-day march from Lodi and vigil for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez. 06/05/2008 Stockton Record: Farm workers hope bill, unity will harvest change 06/05/2008 06/05/2008 El Financiero: Retira Schwarzenegger licencia a contratista que dejó morir a joven 06/05/2008 Univisión: EEUU: Exigen reformas agrícolas tras caso de jornalera muerta 06/04/2008 KRCA 3: Marchers honor farm workers who died 06/04/2008 News10.net: Farmworker "Peregrinacion" Ends At State Capitol 06/04/2008: NPR: The Califronia Report: Death of a Farmworker 06/04/2008 UPI: Schwarzenegger warns farm contractors 06/04/2008 Associated Press: After worker death, state may revoke contractor’s license 06/04/2008 Sacramento Bee: Labor contractor in farm worker death case may lose license 06/04/2008 Stockton Record: Farm workers to finish pilgrimage 06/04/2008 Stockton Record: Farm labor sweep uncovers boy, 12, working in SJ orchard 06/03/2008 Univisión: Crece polémica tras muerte de campesina 06/03/2008 Associated Press: On march to honor farmworker, relatives call for reforms 06/03/2008 NBC11: Pregnant Girl’s Death In Field Sparks March To Capitol 06/03/2008 Rotativo: Migrante embarazada murió insolada en campo agrícola de EU 06/03/2008 Stockton Record: Labor law officials inspect Valley working conditions 06/02/2008 Stockton Record: Farmworkers make vigil to the capitol (Video) 06/02/2008 News10.net: Hundreds Begin Four-Day March in Lodi in Memory of Fallen Farm Worker 06/02/2008 News10.net: Farm Worker Memorial March Begins in Lodi (Video) 06/02/2008 Sacramento Bee: Trek of sorrow 06/02/2008 Stockton Record: One step at a time 06/02/2008 Modesto Bee: Farmers must share in keeping workers safe 06/02/2008 Notimex: Protestan en California por muerte de 10 mexicanos 06/02/2008: Lodi News-Sentinel: 500 march on behalf of fallen teen farm worker 06/01/2008 Associated Press: March begins to honor fallen farmworker 06/01/2008 Stockton Record: Pilgrimage honors farm worker 05/31/2008 CBS 5: Officials Investigate Lodi Farmworker’s Death (video) 05/31/2008 Sacramento Bee: Editorial – A tragedy in the farm fields is all too familiar 05/30/2008:Sacramento Bee Multimedia presentation of Maria’s funeral 05/30/2008: Stockton Record: Death sparks calls for more enforcement 05/30/2008 Sacramento Bee: Employer of farmworker who died had been fined for violations in 2006 05/28/2008 KQED: Story on Maria Isobel Jimenez’ death 05/29/2008 Associated Press: County officials begin criminal probe into farmworker death 05/29/2008 Sacramento Bee: Teen farmworker’s death, probed as heat-related, stirs outcry 5/29/2008: Univision: Preocupan condiciones laborales en EU 05/29/2008 La Opinion: Lamentan muerte de campesina por insolación 05/29/2008 Stockton Record: Grief and anger – Boyfriend says farm laborer, just 17, died amid illegal work conditions 5/29/2008 El Universal: Confirma Cancillería muerte de jornalera mexicana en EU 05/28/2008 Associated Press: Mexico blames California employer for death of vineyard worker 5/28/2008 Terra España: México denuncia situación laboral en EEUU tras muerte de menor embarazada 05/28/2008 Stockton Record: Outdoor workers risk, sometimes lose their lives when temperature soars 05/28/2008 News10.net: Farmworker’s Service Attended by Governor 05/27/2008 News10.net: Contractor Investigated in Farmworker’s Death was Cited in Past 05/23/2008 Stockton Record: Teen worker’s death probed
Current heat related news and information (2008 & 2009) Posted on July 8, 2008 by admin Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link CA Heat Regulations – News and Information (2009 & 2008) NEWSPAPER CLIPS OTHER INFORMATION/MULTIMEDIA 08/03/2009 Los Angeles Times: Targeting heat-related farm deaths 7/30/2009 Landmark Lawsuit Accuses State of Failing to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Death and Illness 08/02/2009 Desert Sun: Board files proposal to update heat regulations for state farmworks Video from Landmark Lawsuit Accuses State of Failing to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Death and Illness 07/31/2009 New York Times: Farm Workers’ Union Sues California Agency Over Rules on Heat Safety 7/28/2009 A Vigil to Honor Farm Workers Who Died from Heat-related illness Brings Interfaith Groups Together in Los Angeles 07/30/2009 abc7.com: Calif. sued over farm worker safety Video from UFW/NFWM Interfaith Vigil for the 15 farm workers have died heat-related deaths since 2004 07/30/2009 Los Angeles Times: Farmworkers sue state for failing to enforce heat protection laws 07/25/2009 Thousands Pray for Farm Workers Who Have Died from Heat-related Illness While Harvesting Crops that Feed Americans 07/30/2009 Fresno Bee: Cal-OSHA sued for alleged inability to protect farm laborers 07/08/2009 Conference Seeks to Motivate Students to Fight for Farm Worker Rights on Anniversary of Farm Worker Audon Felix?Heat Death; Featured Speaker Niece, Alma Felix 07/30/2009 The Desert Sun: ACLU to sue state over heat-related deaths Video from Alma Felix talks about the heat death of her uncle, farm worker, Audon Felix Garcia on the one yeasr anniversary of his death 07/30/2009 89.3 KPCC: Farmworkers sue CA over rest breaks, shade, water Daily Kos: Request from Alma Felix on the anniversary of the heat death of her uncle 06/29/2009 KCRA: Farm Advocates: Vines Don’t Count As Shade Daily Kos: New Cal-OSHA heat regs still won’t work 06/23/2009 Los Angeles Times: In the Coachella Valley, hope withers on the vine 06/18/2009: Legal Groups Say "Exceptions and Loopholes" make State Proposal to Protect Farm Workers from Heat Totally Inadequate 06/19/2009 Modesto Bee: Worker heat reform falters 06/18/2009: Legal Groups Say State Proposal to Protect Farmworkers from Summer Heat Is “Totally Inadequate” 06/19/2009 Capitol Press: California official directed to rework heat safety rules 06/04/2009 Daily Kos: This Water is for Display Only 06/19/2009 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA board delays heat-stress rule changes 05/16/2009 Daily Kos: A Matter of Life and Death. Really. How to End California’s Harvest of Shame. 06/19/2009 ABC 7: Stricter laws to protect farm workers 05/13/200: UFW, Community Hold Vigil to Remember Fallen Teen Farm Worker 06/18/2009 EHS Today: Cal/OSHA Compliance Officers Say OSHAB’s Unfair Policies Impact Their Ability to Protect CA Workers 04/23/2009 UFW Applauds Charges Against 3 Merced Farm Labor Top Officials on 17-year-old Farm Worker’s Death Last Year 06/18/2009: Associated Press: Calif. board orders revisions to heat rules California Progress Report: Farmworker Free Choice Bill Passes Senate Committee 06/18/2009 Pacifica Radio: Emergency response to overheating farmers SB 789 Bill Analysis 06/18/2009 KGO TV: Cal OSHA considers new heat laws 10/01/2008 UFW Statement on Veto of AB 2386 06/18/2009: Desert Sun: More demanded from state to stop heat-related deaths 10/01/2008 Statement of Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez on Veto of AB 2386, Secret Ballot for Farmworkers Bill 06/13/2009: Salinas Californian: Sacramento upgrades heat guidelines for labor companies Suspected Heat Related Farm Worker Deaths: July 2004-July 2008 06/08/2009: Huffington Post: Exclusive Video: Martin Sheen Speaks Out for Farm Workers Sospechadas muertes de trabajadores agrícolas debido al calor: Julio de 2004-julio de 2008 05/15/2009: Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Turn up the heat on safety in the fields 08/18/2008: More than 700 Farm Workers will Lobby State Legislators Stockton Record:Three charged in farm death 08/18/2008: Letter from UFW President Arturo S, Rodriguez to Legislators 04/23/2009 Stockton Record: Manslaughter charges filed in 2008 death of 17-year-old farmworker 08/15/2008 Daily Kos: Fighting Back on Heat Deaths: Farm Workers going to Sacramento 04/23/2009 Associated Press: 3 charged in Calif in teen farmworker’s death 08/08/2008: Coachella Valley Farm Worker Latest Victim to Succumb to Probable Heat-Related Causes 04/23/2009 Business Week: Calif. bill would ease unionization of farmworkers 08/07/2008 Press Release & Photos: Funeral Arrangements for Jorge Herrera, 5th farm worker to die this year due to heat 04/23/2009: KION: Bill Passes To Help Farm Workers Organize, Enforce Workplace Laws 08/01/2008: Heatstroke Claims Life of 14th Farm Worker; Jorge Herrera Had Been Hospitalized Since July 9 04/23/2009: The Salinas Californian: Calif. Senate approves farm worker organizing bill 08/01/2008 La Insolación Cobra la vida de Decimocuarto Campesino; Jorge Herrera Estuvo Internado Desde el 9 de Julio 04/01/2009: The Salinas Californian: UFW-supported bill would give new option for farmworkers to unionize 08/01/2008: Blog: Docudharma.com: Another Farm Worker dies. Does anyone give a damn? 10/01/2008 Salinas Californian: Schwarzenegger rejects secret ballots for farmworkers 07/30/2008 Blog: The Sanctuary: United Farm Workers Calls for Manslaughter Charges 08/28/2008 Sacramento Bee: Labor contractor gives up license after heat death 07/25/2008 Blog: Five Husbands: He’s Not Heavy, He’s An Illegal: farm worker safety debate 08/21/2008 Sacramento Bee: In California’s fields, risks rise with the temperature 7/24/2008 UFW News Release – Fines aren’t enough. There must be criminal prosecution in the death of 17 year old heat victim 08/21/2008 Associated Press: More farm deaths in heat despite Calif. crackdown 07/25/2008 Daily Kos: United Farm Workers Calls for Manslaughter Charges Against Company in Death of 17 Year Old 08/18/2008 Associated Press: California could change farm worker union votes 07/15/2008: VIDEO: Delegation of UFW supporters to to Trader Joe’s turning in around 15,000 letters re: "2 Buck Chuck" & Heat death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 08/17/2008 Salinas Californian: More than 700 farm workers to rally in Capitol against heat-related deaths Senator Dean Florez letter to Marko B. Zaninovich, President Sunview Vineyards of California (where Abdon Felix was working) 08/12/2008 Lodi News-Sentinel: State fines Galt contractor $77,900 for safety violations 07/09/2008 UFW News Release – Heat Claims Life of Second Farm Worker in Past Month – Santa Maria man died while working in 110 degree heat 08/11/2008 KMIR ch. 6: Farm Worker Death 07/09/2008 El calor Reclama la Vida de Segundo Trabajador Agrícola en el Mes Pasado 08/09/2008 Riverside Press Enterprise: Inland farmworker’s death is investigated 07/04/2008 UFW News Release – License Reinstatement Slap in the Face to the Memory of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 08/07/2008 KBAK: Funeral service held today for a farm worker who died from heat 07/04/2008 LICENCIA RESTABLECIDA, BOFETADA A LA MEMORIA DE MARIA ISABEL VASQUEZ JIMENEZ 08/02/2008 Fresno Bee: Farmworker dies after collapsing at vineyards Blog: Daily Kos: 17 yr. old farm worker who died of heat stroke connected to "Two-Buck Chuck." 08/02/2008 Los Angeles Times: A real heat shield for farmworkers 06/20/2008 UFW condena la despedida de Doroteo Jiménez 08/01/2008 Associated Press: State probes 12 possible worker heat deaths 06/20/2008 UFW News Release – UFW Condemns Firing of Doroteo Jimenez 08/01/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Another farm worker dies from heat illness – Fifth death this summer, ‘The black summer for farm workers’ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Heat-Related Deaths Among Crop Workers — United States, 1992–2006 07/26/2008 Bakersfield Californian: What’s enough shade at work? Rule interpretation varies greatly 06/18/2008 UFW News Release – Wrongful Death Lawsuit to be Filed on Behalf of Family of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/24/2008 Stockton Record: State fines labor firm over death 18/06/2008: La demanda por una muerte injusta será archivada de parte de la familia de Maria Isabel Vásquez Jiménez 07/23/2008 Sacramento Bee: Farm labor contracting company fined after heat stroke death Farm worker pilgrimage reaches Capitol (Video) 07/23/2008 Associated Press: Farm labor contractor fined in worker’s death Farm workers make pilgrimage to Capitol (Video) 07/22/2008 Alternet: How Many More Workers Will We Let Die in the Fields This Summer? 06/04/08: Remarks by Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, Honoring Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, June 4, 2008—state Capitol, Sacramento 07/20/2008 KMPH: Valley Family Says Heat Exhaustion Killed Relative 06/04/08: Mensaje de Arturo S. Rodriguez, Presidente, Union de Campesinos, Honrando a Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, 4 de junio, 2008–Capitolio Estatal, Sacramento 07/19/2008 Associated Press: Fourth possible heat-related death investigated Pilgrimage for Fallen Farm Workers Day 4 /Peregrinacion por Campesinos Caidos Dia 4 – Ricardo Macias 07/18/2008 The Free Press: A summer of deadly heat, by Dick Meister Pilgrimage for Fallen Farm Workers Day 4/Peregrinacion por Campesinos Caidos Dia 4 – Thomas Montoya 07/16/2008 Associated Press: Farmworker clings to life after heat stroke 06/04/2008: Peregrinacion Photos Day 3 07/16/2008 KBAK ch 29: Last week’s heat wave takes it toll on residents of Bakersfield 06/03/2008: Perigrino Blog & Photos, Day 3 07/15/2008 KPFA – UFW delegation turns in close to 15,000 letters to Trander Joe’s regarding Charles Shaw and the heat heath of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 06/02/2008 UFW News Release – Day 2: Peregrinacion for the Fallen Farm Worker 07/15/2008 KERO ch 23: Worker Collapses While In Orchard 06/02/2008: Photos of Pilgrimage for Fallen Farm Workers, Day 1/Fotos de Peregrinacion por Campesinos Caidos, Dia uno 07/15/2008 Sacramento Bee: Heat puts farm worker on breathing machine – Three others have died from heat-related illness. Peregrimacion route:**SUBJECT TO CHANGE 07/14/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Another Central Valley farm worker apparently dies of heat illness – Brings to four the number of farm worker heat deaths this summer 06/02/2008 CTW Connect: The Short Life and Preventable Death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/14/2008 Sacramento Bee: Death under the sun – Another farm fatality underlines risks 05/30/2008 UFW News Release – Four-day Lodi to State Capitol Farm Worker Peregrinacion in Honor of Teen and Other Workers Who Have Died From Heat 07/12/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Senator launches Delano heat death inquiry 05/30/2008 Peregrinación de cuatro días desde Lodi hacia la Capital del Estado en honor de los adolescentes y otros trabajadores que han muerto por el calor. 07/11/2008 KSBY: Santa Maria family searches for answers in death of field worker Maria’s Story 07/11/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Possible heat death prompts questions from local lawmaker Video: Maria’s fiance Florentino Bautista talks about what happened on May 14./Video: El comprometido de Maria, Florentino Bautista, habla sobre lo que paso el 14 de mayo 07/11/2008 KCOY: Heat wave victim laid to rest. Video: Excerpts from press availability before peregrimacion kickoff 07/11/2008 Sacramento Bee: State investigating third farmworker fatality in scorching weather Video: de la conferencia de prensa antes del comienzo de la peregrinacion 07/11/2008 Porterville Recorder: UFW leader says heat to blame for farmworkers’ deaths 05/28/2008 UFW News Release – Memorial Service for 17-Year-Old Farm Worker; First Heat-Related Death This Year 07/11/2008 News10.net: Third, Possible Heat-Related Farmworker Death Investigated Photos of the funeral of 17-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez/Fotos de el funeral de Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/10/2008 KGET: Kern County Heat Wave 05/28/2008 Remarks by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez at Funeral Services for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, a 17-Year Old Farm Worker Who Died Due to the Heat 07/10/2008 KGET: Heat Death Victim Identified 05/28/2008 Comentarios por Arturo S. Rodriguez, el presidente, United Farm Workers of America, Servicios para Maria Isabel Vasquez Jiménez, El 28 de mayo, 2008—Lodi, California. 07/10/2008 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA investigating third possible farm laborer heat death 5/30/08: Another Daily Kos Blog on the death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/10/2008 Associated Press: More heat-related incidents reported Radio Campesina PSA re: Peregrinacion 07/10/2008 Bakersfield Californian: Farm workers union complains about heat-related deaths 5/29/08: Daily Kos Blog on the death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez 07/10/2008 KERO ch 23: Heat Wave Strikes Farm Workers Living In Field – UFW Concerned After 3 Heat-Related Deaths In 2 Months ‘This Tragedy Happened Because of Greed’ Farm workers: UFW’s founder spoke to the same issues 25 years ago as were raised by a 1999 van accident that killed 13 – From LA Times: 8/27/99 07/10/2008 KMPH: Heat Could Be To Blame In Two Farmworker Deaths 07/10/2008 KERO ch 23: Heat Possibly Claims Worker’s Life 07/10/2008 KBAK: Heat Wave Alert-Farm workers suffer brunt of heat one dies, two sick 07/09/2008 KCRA: Heat Claims Life of Another Farm Worker – 64-Year-Old Man Died On 110-Degree Day 07/09/2008 NPR: California Checks On Farmworkers In Heat Wave 07/08/2008 SF Bay Guardian: Bucking off Chuck – Death of 17-year-old pregnant farm worker incites campaign against Trader Joe’s 07/08/2008 La Opinion: Incierto el futuro de la compañía Merced Farm Labor 07/08/2008 La Opinion: Grave riesgo trabajar en el campo – Las posibilidades de morir por insolación son 20 veces mayores 07/06/2008 Stockton Record: Labor union seeks Trader Joe’s assistance – Calls on grocery chain to toughen vendor policies 07/04/2008 Sacramento Bee: Merced labor contractor reopens, then is shut down again 07/04/2008 Stockton Record: Labor firm ordered to cease again – It was shut down temporarily after teen worker died 07/04/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Farm labor contractor shut down – again. Merced Farm Labor was back in business until Thursday afternoon. Contractor not in compliance with regulations says CalOSHA 07/04/08 San Francosco Chronicle: Farm firm back after teen’s death 07/02/2008 The Cleveland Free Times: TWO-BUCK CHUCK DUCK 06/27/2008 The Dominion: Death in the Field – An interview with Arturo Rodriguez of the UFW 06/23/2008 Riverside Press Enterprise: Judge orders shade, water for a company’s Coachella Valley farm workers 06/23/2008 La Opinion: Despedido luego de interponer demanda – Doroteo Jiménez es el tío de una campesina muerta por insolación 06/22/2008 Monterey County Herald: Heat is farmworker’s deadliest enemy 06/21/2008 Stockton Record: Uncle of girl who died from heatstroke is fired 06/20/2008 ABC World News Tonight: Protecting Field Workers – Many migrant workers are in danger due to the extreme heat in California 06/20/2008 McCLATCHY News Service: Heat kills crop workers at rate 20 times higher than others 06/19/2008 El Financiero: Demandan a empresas por muerte de mexicana en EU 06/19/2008 Merced Sun Star: Family of teen who died in vineyard sues field owner, labor contractor (Print & video) 06/19/2008 Sacramento Bee: Farmworker’s family sues over California heat-related death 06/19/2008 Stockton Record: Coroner – Heat stroke killed laborer 06/19/2008 Lodi News-Sentinel: 17-year-old died due to heat stroke 06/18/2008 ABC 30 (Video): Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Following Death of Teen Farm Worker 06/18/2008 KSEE 24: Lawsuit filed against labor contractor after pregnant worker’s death 06/18/2008 Associated Press: County officials say farmworker died of heat stroke 06/18/2008 La Opinion: Demandan por campesina muerta 06/17/2008 KRCA: Family Of Dead Farmworker Plans Lawsuit 06/16/2008 Stockton Record: Attention to farm safety is overdue 06/15/2008 Modesto Bee: Second farm contractor ordered to shut down 06/13/2008 ABC 30 (Video): Workplace Heat -Two Companies Feel the Heat after the Death of an Employee 06/13/2008 CBS 47: Farms Raided to Protect Farmworkers 06/13/2008 Stockton Record: Labor contractor barred from fields 06/13/2008 Decanter.com: Worker died pruning on Two Buck Chuck co-owner’s land 06/13/2008 Modesto Bee: State shuts down Merced Farm Labor 06/13/2008 Lodi News-Sentinel: Contractor that hired farmworker who died put out of business 06/10/2008 Sacramento Bee: Labor inspectors root out violations along Central Valley back roads 06/05/2008 Associated Press: Farmworker’s death prompts calls for Calif. reform 06/05/2008 Sacramento Bee: Video: March to the capitol 06/05/2008 Sacramento Bee: State to revoke license of farm labor contractor 06/05/2008 Stoclton Record Net Video: Farm labor advocates called on state legislators to amend a bill that would make it easier for farm workers to unionize after a four-day march from Lodi and vigil for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez. 06/05/2008 Stockton Record: Farm workers hope bill, unity will harvest change 06/05/2008 06/05/2008 El Financiero: Retira Schwarzenegger licencia a contratista que dejó morir a joven 06/05/2008 Univisión: EEUU: Exigen reformas agrícolas tras caso de jornalera muerta 06/04/2008 KRCA 3: Marchers honor farm workers who died 06/04/2008 News10.net: Farmworker "Peregrinacion" Ends At State Capitol 06/04/2008: NPR: The Califronia Report: Death of a Farmworker 06/04/2008 UPI: Schwarzenegger warns farm contractors 06/04/2008 Associated Press: After worker death, state may revoke contractor’s license 06/04/2008 Sacramento Bee: Labor contractor in farm worker death case may lose license 06/04/2008 Stockton Record: Farm workers to finish pilgrimage 06/04/2008 Stockton Record: Farm labor sweep uncovers boy, 12, working in SJ orchard 06/03/2008 Univisión: Crece polémica tras muerte de campesina 06/03/2008 Associated Press: On march to honor farmworker, relatives call for reforms 06/03/2008 NBC11: Pregnant Girl’s Death In Field Sparks March To Capitol 06/03/2008 Rotativo: Migrante embarazada murió insolada en campo agrícola de EU 06/03/2008 Stockton Record: Labor law officials inspect Valley working conditions 06/02/2008 Stockton Record: Farmworkers make vigil to the capitol (Video) 06/02/2008 News10.net: Hundreds Begin Four-Day March in Lodi in Memory of Fallen Farm Worker 06/02/2008 News10.net: Farm Worker Memorial March Begins in Lodi (Video) 06/02/2008 Sacramento Bee: Trek of sorrow 06/02/2008 Stockton Record: One step at a time 06/02/2008 Modesto Bee: Farmers must share in keeping workers safe 06/02/2008 Notimex: Protestan en California por muerte de 10 mexicanos 06/02/2008: Lodi News-Sentinel: 500 march on behalf of fallen teen farm worker 06/01/2008 Associated Press: March begins to honor fallen farmworker 06/01/2008 Stockton Record: Pilgrimage honors farm worker 05/31/2008 CBS 5: Officials Investigate Lodi Farmworker’s Death (video) 05/31/2008 Sacramento Bee: Editorial – A tragedy in the farm fields is all too familiar 05/30/2008:Sacramento Bee Multimedia presentation of Maria’s funeral 05/30/2008: Stockton Record: Death sparks calls for more enforcement 05/30/2008 Sacramento Bee: Employer of farmworker who died had been fined for violations in 2006 05/28/2008 KQED: Story on Maria Isobel Jimenez’ death 05/29/2008 Associated Press: County officials begin criminal probe into farmworker death 05/29/2008 Sacramento Bee: Teen farmworker’s death, probed as heat-related, stirs outcry 5/29/2008: Univision: Preocupan condiciones laborales en EU 05/29/2008 La Opinion: Lamentan muerte de campesina por insolación 05/29/2008 Stockton Record: Grief and anger – Boyfriend says farm laborer, just 17, died amid illegal work conditions 5/29/2008 El Universal: Confirma Cancillería muerte de jornalera mexicana en EU 05/28/2008 Associated Press: Mexico blames California employer for death of vineyard worker 5/28/2008 Terra España: México denuncia situación laboral en EEUU tras muerte de menor embarazada 05/28/2008 Stockton Record: Outdoor workers risk, sometimes lose their lives when temperature soars 05/28/2008 News10.net: Farmworker’s Service Attended by Governor 05/27/2008 News10.net: Contractor Investigated in Farmworker’s Death was Cited in Past 05/23/2008 Stockton Record: Teen worker’s death probed
