News Coverage

07/03/2008 Bakersfield Californian: The onion harvest – Workers chase jobs throughout state
07/02/2008 The Cleveland Free Times: TWO-BUCK CHUCK DUCK
07/01/2008 KMPH: Heat Suspected in Valley Deaths
06/27/2008 The Dominion: Death in the Field – An interview with Arturo Rodriguez of the UFW
06/24/2008 The Desert Sun: Judge sides with farmworkers’ suit
06/24/2008 KSBY: Field worker dies on the job in Santa Maria Friday
06/23/2008 Riverside Press Enterprise: Judge orders shade, water for a company’s Coachella Valley farm workers
06/23/2008 La Opinion: Despedido luego de interponer demanda – Doroteo Jiménez es el tío de una campesina muerta por insolación
06/22/2008 Monterey County Herald: Heat is farmworker’s deadliest enemy
06/21/2008 ABC World News Tonight: Protecting Field Workers – Many migrant workers are in danger due to the extreme heat in California (video 2:52)
06/21/2008 Stockton Record: Uncle of girl who died from heatstroke is fired
06/20/2008 KNBC: Farm Workers Brave Heat
06/20/2008 McCLATCHY News Service: Heat kills crop workers at rate 20 times higher than others
06/19/2008 Merced Sun Star: Family of teen who died in vineyard sues field owner, labor contractor (Print & video)
06/19/2008 Lodi News-Sentinel: 17-year-old died due to heat stroke
06/19/2008 Stockton Record: Coroner – Heat stroke killed laborer
06/19/2008 Sacramento Bee: Farmworker’s family sues over California heat-related death
06/18/2008 CTW Connect: UFW Endorses Obama
06/18/2008 La Opinion: Demandan por campesina muerta
06/18/2008 KSEE 24: Lawsuit filed against labor contractor after pregnant worker’s death
06/18/2008 ABC 30 (Video): Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Following Death of Teen Farm Worker
06/18/2008 Associated Press: County officials say farmworker died of heat stroke
06/17/2008 KRCA: Family Of Dead Farmworker Plans Lawsuit
06/16/2008 Stockton Record: Attention to farm safety is overdue
06/16/2008 Salinas Californian: United Farm Workers to endorse Obama