United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
News Coverage
- 08/05/2009 Los Angeles Times: State pesticides department resumes review of methyl iodide
- 08/03/2009 Los Angeles Times: Targeting heat-related farm deaths
- 08/02/2009 Desert Sun: Board files proposal to update heat regulations for state farmworks
- 07/31/2009 New York Times: Farm Workers’ Union Sues California Agency Over Rules on Heat Safety
- 07/30/2009 Los Angeles Times: Farmworkers sue state for failing to enforce heat protection laws
- 07/30/2009 Fresno Bee: Cal-OSHA sued for alleged inability to protect farm laborers
- 07/30/2009 Desert Sun: ACLU to sue state over heat-related deaths
- 07/30/2009 89.3 KPCC: Farmworkers sue CA over rest breaks, shade, water
- 07/30/2009 abc7.com: Calif. sued over farm worker safety (includes video 2:04)
- 07/16/2009 Gourmet Magazine: Politics of the Plate: Toxic Strawberries? – California’s governor will soon decide whether to approve a new—and possibly very dangerous—pesticide for use on this beloved summer fruit.
- 07/16/2009 Santa Cruz Sentinel: California mulls controversial alternative to methyl bromide; some scientists protest, saying chemical is too toxic
- 07/15/2009 Santa Cruz Weekly: Critics Take Aim at New Strawberry Pesticide
- 07/10/2009 San Jose Mercury News (AP): 12 farmworkers sickened in Kern pesticide drift
- 07/02/2009 Monterey Herald: Hundreds rally in Salinas for immigration reform
- 07/02/2009 Salinas Californian: Salinas residents say they are tired of waiting for immigration reform
- 07/02/2009 Salinas Californian: Congressman Farr to attend immigration forum today in Salinas
- 07/02/2009 Salinas Californian: State rejects request to audit farmworker labor board
- 06/29/2009 Visalia Times-Delta: Agricultural Labor Relations Board may be under investigation
- 06/29/2009 KCRA: Farm Advocates: Vines Don’t Count As Shade
- 06/23/2009 Los Angeles Times: In the Coachella Valley, hope withers on the vine
- 06/19/2009 Capitol Press: California official directed to rework heat safety rules
- 06/19/2009 Capitol Press: California official directed to rework heat safety rules
- 06/19/2009 Sacramento Bee: Cal-OSHA board delays heat-stress rule changes
- 06/19/2009 ABC 7: Stricter laws to protect farm workers? (includes video 2:18)
- 06/19/2009 Modesto Bee: Worker heat reform falters