Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
News Coverage
- 09/18/2023 High Country News: Farmworkers fight for higher pay, better hours and fair treatment
- 09/09/2023 KGET: United Farm Workers killed in 1973 strike for rights honored
- 09/06/2023 Salon: It’s been a big year for the labor movement. What about farmworkers?
- 09/06/2023 NPR: Creating a heat standard for vulnerable farmworkers could take years
- 09/04/2023 Oregon Capital Chronicle: All workers – including farmworkers – deserve the right to organize
- 09/02/2023 The Seattle Times: Advocates ramp up support in Seattle for farmworker union recognition
- 08/31/2023 America’s Voice: Let’s Celebrate And Honor The Essential Immigrant Workers Who Keep Us Fed All Year Round
- 08/30/2023 CalMatters: Coachella Valley farmworkers lost hundreds of dollars during storm Hilary. Financial aid options are slim.
- 08/30/2023 CBS News: Workers pay the price while Congress and employers debate need for heat regulations
- 08/29/2023 The Fresno Bee: Growers, labor companies in Fresno County fined for not paying farmworkers, regulator says
- 08/25/2023 Times Union: UFW files unfair labor practice charge against Ulster County farm for alleged ‘intimidation’
- 08/22/2023 KQED: A Farmworker Death in California Heat Has UFW, Padilla Urging Major Changes
- 08/18/2023 The Bakersfield Californian: ‘Laws on the books aren’t the laws in the field’: US Senator Padilla, advocates seek national workplace heat protections
- 08/18/2023 Senator Alex Padilla: Padilla Joins Union Workers in the Central Valley to Push for Federal Heat Stress Protections
- 08/18/2023 The Sentinel: After farmworker’s death in Fresno-area heat, UFW and Sen. Padilla say it’s time for stronger protections at work
- 08/18/2023 KVPR: Farmworker dies in Fresno County after working in extreme heat. ‘He should not have died.’
- 08/18/2023 NBC News: Dispute between a Utah farmer and farmworkers triggers probe into fraud and human trafficking
- 08/16/2023 Los Angeles Times: 113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat
- 08/16/2023 The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Farm Bureau President Gibson resigns after alleged assault of farm worker
- 08/15/2023 Los Angeles Times: Video of farmer slapping migrant worker leads to human trafficking investigation
- 08/15/2023 Los Angeles Times: Exploitation, retaliation, alarming conditions: Inside the crisis at West Coast mushroom farms
- 08/09/2023 The Reckon Report: Say Their Names: These are all the farmworkers who have died from extreme heat in the last year
- 08/08/2023 KSBW Action News 8: Salinas teen co-writes first-of-its-kind national resolution to honor farmworkers
- 08/03/2023 Time: Extreme Heat Is Endangering America’s Workers—and Its Economy
- 08/02/2023 Environmental Defense Fund: The growing threat of heat for farmworkers