UFW calls for boycott of Windmill Mushrooms
News Coverage
- 07/08/2023 The Goshen News: Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
- 07/06/2023 The Guardian: Union wins at New York farms raise hopes for once-powerful UFW
- 07/06/2023 The Fresno Bee Editorial: If Kevin McCarthy truly supports farmers, he’ll back this bill to legalize workers | Opinion
- 07/05/2023 The Washington Post: Heat is a mortal threat to farmworkers. A nurse may have found a way to protect them.
- 07/05/2023 Occupational Health & Safety: Death of Worker, Who Spoke of Heat-Illness-Related Symptom, Could Have Been Prevented, OSHA Says
- 07/03/2023 The Wall Street Journal: Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect
- 06/30/2023 Fox 26 News: Farm workers educate others of existing rights, protections when working in extreme heat
- 06/29/2023 Capital Press: Washington heat rule requiring hourly breaks coming July 17
- 06/26/2023 The Columbian: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
- 06/21/2023 Colorado Public Radio: With shortage of local labor, farmers and advocates want Congress to create incentives for migrant farmworkers
- 06/19/2023 The Washington Post: Texas law overrides safeguards like water breaks as temperatures rise
- 06/19/2023 abc 10: Sacramento County planning staff discussing farmworker housing zone expansion
- 06/15/2023 The Daily Journal: Helping California’s farmworkers
- 06/15/2023 Crosscut: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
- 06/14/2023 WFSU News: Florida heat can kill, but there are no laws to protect outdoor workers
- 06/13/2023 Modern Farmer: In California, Climate Change Fuels Disasters—and a Push For More Farmworker Protections
- 06/13/2023 ValleyCentral.com: Farm workers pull through in extreme heat conditions
- 06/13/2023 KYMA: Congressman Raul Ruiz introduces legislation to protect farmworker children
- 06/05/2023 Statesman Journal: Hazardous work bill heads to Gov. Kotek’s desk
- 05/31/2023 WAND TV: US Senate discusses farm workers & immigration reform
- 05/25/2023 The Sacramento Bee: Sen. Alex Padilla pushes to grant 5 million undocumented workers ‘long overdue’ citizenship
- 05/17/2023 The Seattle Times: $3.4 million fine resolves lawsuit against WA mushroom farm
- 05/17/2023 Yakima Herald-Republic: Ostrom to pay workers $3.4 million to resolve WA attorney general lawsuit
- 05/17/2023 WA AG office: Sunnyside mushroom farm will pay $3.4 million for violating the civil rights of its workers
- 05/15/2023 Los Angeles Times: Newsom seals unusual deal allowing farmworkers new way to unionize