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News Coverage
- 10/15/2021 23 ABC News: The Farmworkers Movement: A legacy that lives on
- 10/12/2021 The Sacramento Bee: Why would Newsom veto a popular bill to help farm workers organize? His business interests
- 10/07/2021 PBS NewsHour: The U.S. will develop a federal heat standard for the first time. Here’s what advocates and labor experts want
- 10/07/2021 KION 5/46: Federal leaders and UFW reveal a new farmworker assistance program
- 10/04/2021 USDA: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Recognizes Farmworkers at White House Roundtable on National Hispanic Heritage Month and National Farm Safety and Health Week
- 10/04/2021 Bloomberg: Soaring Heat Is Killing America’s Farm Workers
- 09/30/2021 Los Angeles Times: Column: How Newsom disappointed farmworkers after they defended him in the recall election
- 09/27/2021 Idaho News 6: Support continues on immigration reform for undocumented farmworkers, Idahoan advocates at U.S. Capitol
- 09/23/2021 Newsweek: Farm Workers March to French Laundry in Protest of Vetoed Union Elections Bill
- 09/23/2021 The Press Democrat: California farm worker union marching to the French Laundry after Newsom vetoes labor bill
- 09/22/2021 The Sacramento Bee: California farm worker union marching to the French Laundry after Newsom vetoes labor bill
- 09/21/2021 The Hill: Biden takes first step on workplace protections from extreme heat
- 09/20/2021 Business Insider: New rules addressing extreme heat could mean better air-conditioning and more breaks for millions of workers
- 09/20/2021 The Hill: Biden administration to develop standard protecting workers from extreme heat
- 09/20/2021 The Washington Post: As climate change warms workplaces, Biden directs safety agency to draft heat rules for workers
- 09/20/2021 The White House: FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Mobilizes to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat
- 09/13/2021 The Good Men Report: As Temperatures Rise, so Do the Health Risks for California’s Farmworkers
- 09/08/2021 Daily Kos: Farmworkers invited all 100 senators to work alongside them for one day. These two accepted
- 09/08/2021 KSLA 12 News: Biden honors labor unions, touts economic agenda in White House remarks
- 09/06/2021 American Magazine: Interview: Cesar Chavez’s lawyer on the faith and nonviolence that led to the best labor law in the country
- 09/05/2021 Los Angeles Times: Drought has farmworkers dreaming of escape from California’s breadbasket
- 09/04/2021 National Park Service: The Road to Sacramento: Marching for Justice in the Fields
- 09/04/2021 The New York Times: When Hard Jobs Turn Hazardous
- 09/02/2021 Civil Eats: Op-ed: The Ban on Chlorpyrifos and the Power of Community Organizing
- 09/01/2021 CBS 8: Farmworkers may be able to vote at home in union election