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News Coverage
- 08/04/2021 Yakima Herald: Heat was contributing factor in July death of Yakima Valley farmworker
- 08/03/2021 Capital & Main: California Farmworkers Still Tending Fields in 114-Degree Heat
- 08/03/2021 PBS News Hour: Worsening wildfires in California’s wine country threaten low-wage farm workers
- 07/31/2021 Statesman Journal: With new protections in place, farmworkers face another heat wave
- 07/28/2021 Politico: Western heatwave highlights need for better farmworker protections
- 07/26/2021 The Hill: 84 mayors call for immigration to be included in reconciliation
- 07/26/2021 Remembering Richard Chavez on 10th anniversary of his passing (Nov 12, 1929-July 27, 2011)
- 07/22/2021 Sierra Sun Times: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Says It’s Fundamentally Wrong for U.S. to Deem Farmworkers as Essential and Deny Them Legal Protections
- 07/22/2021 The Daily Kos: Padilla: ‘Fundamentally wrong’ to deem undocumented workers essential yet deny them protections
- 07/21/2021 IL Senator Dick Durbin: Durbin Questions Witnesses At Hearing On Need For Path To Citizenship For Immigrant Farmworkers
- 07/20/2021 Fresh Fruit Portal: U.S. states struggle with more extreme heat as UFW urges more protections
- 07/17/2021 ABC 7 Eyewitness News: Farmworkers seek more legal protections amid rising danger from heat
- 07/16/2021 The Guardian: ‘We’re not animals, we’re human beings’: US farm workers labor in deadly heat with few protections
- 07/15/2021 Al Jazeera: ‘What choice do we have?’ US farm workers battle deadly heatwave
- 07/14/2021 Successful Farming: Colorado governor signs bill giving agricultural workers new protections
- 07/12/2021 NBC Right Now: Washington’s New Emergency Heat Regulations for Outdoor Workers Goes Into Effect Tomorrow To Protect Lives
- 07/11/2021 ABC News: Undocumented farmworkers push Congress for protections amid historic heat
- 07/09/2021 The Seattle Times: Washington state to release emergency heat rules for farmworkers as advocates demand added protections
- 07/09/2021 Wenatchee World: State issues emergency rules for people working in extreme heat
- 07/08/2021 HuffPost: Farmworkers Demand Basic Safety After Working In Extreme Heat Wave
- 07/07/2021 KALW: What Will It Take To Protect Farmworkers From The Deadly Heat?
- 07/06/2021 Senator Dick Durbin: Durbin Urges Senate To Pass Bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 07/06/2021 Stateman Journal: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown orders OSHA to create emergency rules after farmworker’s heat death
- 07/05/2021 The Guardian: A farm worker and a father: victims of the Pacific north-west’s heatwave
- 07/03/2021 Time: This Week’s Heat Wave Is Pushing Businesses and Workers to Their Limit