Act Now: Tell your US Rep farm workers deserve overtime
News Coverage
- 06/20/2021 The Washington Post: Farmworkers and construction crews face special danger as an extreme heat wave continues to bake the West
- 06/20/2021 ABC News: Farmworkers especially vulnerable as dangerous heat wave scorches wide swath of US
- 06/18/2021 Bloomberg: Workers Critical to U.S. Fruit Supplies Face Danger From Extreme Hea
- 06/17/2021 Statesman Journal: Opinion: Protect workers from smoke exposure
- 06/16/2021 Agri-Pulse: Ag, farmworkers push for farm labor fix in Senate
- 06/14/2021 NBC News: Why are workers in the U.S. still dying from heat exhaustion?
- 06/13/2021 Yakima Herald: It Happened Here: Cesar Chavez leads march for farmworkers’ rights
- 06/11/2021 Kaiser Health News: Farmworkers Recall Mistreatment as Colorado Aims to Guarantee Medical Access
- 06/04/2021 The Californian: Assembly Bill 73 would further protect agricultural workers by providing more resources
- 06/01/2021 The Seattle Times: Washington state relaxes COVID-19 rules for farmworkers
- 05/30/2021 The Californian: JOSE GASPAR: Instead of seeking revenge, Marcos Muñoz fought for justice
- 05/28/2021 Monterey Herald: Monterey County agriculture industry has vaccinated 42,000 farmworkers
- 05/27/2021 World Music Central: Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson and David Hidalgo Support Farmworkers with “Dreams of the San Joaquin”
- 05/24/2021 High Country News: Farmworker organizing in Washington is undoing discriminatory labor policies
- 05/24/2021 Sacramento Bee: California hits Foster Farms with big fine for failing to protect workers from COVID outbreak
- 05/18/2021 Chicago Sun Times: Marcos Muñoz, a top United Farm Workers organizer with Cesar Chavez, dead at 80
- 05/17/2021 The Hill: Farmworker health and climate change
- 05/16/2021 Time: If We Really Believe Farmworkers Are Essential, We Must Protect Their Mental Health
- 05/13/2021 The American Independent: Democratic bill would ensure farmworkers get overtime pay after years of being ignored
- 05/11/2021 Yakima Herald: Inslee signs agricultural worker overtime bill into law in Yakima
- 05/11/2021 The White House: Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. in Support of Washington State’s Overtime Bill for Farm Workers
- 05/08/2021 The Sacramento Bee: COVID pandemic highlights need for California to invest in farmworker health
- 05/07/2021 LIVE for Live Music: Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson, David Hidalgo Team Up For “Dreams Of The San Joaquin” [Stream]
- 05/06/2021 Earth Justice: We Just Got a Big Win in Court Against a Pesticide Linked to Harming Kids’ Brains
- 04/30/2021 Reuters: EPA’s ‘time is up’ on critical pesticide chlorpyrifos – 9th Circuit