Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
News Coverage
- 08/03/2005 Los Angeles Times : Gov. Orders Shade, Water for Workers Sickened by Heat
- 08/03/2005 Bakersfield California : Services held for laborer
- 08/02/2005 KGET : Governor approves heat legislation
- 07/28/2005 Los Angeles Times : Deaths Rally Farm Laborers: Three men have died after working in the recent intense heat of the Central Valley, sparking a demand for more safeguards.
- 07/23/2005 Sacramento Bee : Deaths prompt call for heat rules
- 07/23/2005 Columbia Daily Tribune : Farm workers’ union joins dissident group
- 07/22/2005 KTVU : Gallo Labor Negotiations Stall; No New Talks Until August
- 07/22/2005 Bakersfield Californian : Heat suspected in deaths of worker, senior
- 07/22/2005 Bakersfield Californian : UFW hits the pavement for higher wages
- 07/21/2005 Desert Sun : Legislation aims to take heat off farm workers
- 07/20/2005 KERO : Field Workers Death Prompts Heat Safety Campaign
- 07/20/2005 Desert Sun : UFW urges Gallo boycott: Agency says laborers lack health services, suffer pay cuts
- 07/20/2005 Watsonville Pajoronian : UFW begins e-mail campaign against Gallo
- 07/19/2005 Fresno Bee : Heat kills farmworker: Union leader calls for safety rule after Kern County field death.
- 07/18/2005 KGO : Farm Workers Call For Gallo Boycott – (Click on watch this story to see video)
- 07/18/2005 KERO : UFW pushes for better conditions during heat wave (video)
- 07/17/2005 KTVU : Hundreds March in Farm Worker Protest: UFW, Gallo Negotiations Set for Thursday
- 07/15/2005 Bakersfield Californian : Heat kills field laborer: Bill designed to protect workers currently under lawmakers’ review
- 07/14/2005 Red Nova : Agency to Probe Allegations About Dairy
- 07/14/2005 Modesto Bee : UFW march against Gallo will be in SF
- 06/24/2005 365gay.com : California Farm Workers Union Supports Gay Marriage Bill
- 06/24/2005 San Jose Mercury News : Gerald Brown, led state, U.S. labor relations boards
- 06/23/2005 The New Standard : Gallo Vineyard Workers Call for Boycott to Force Better Contract
- 06/16/2005 Associated Press : Labor board cites UFW
- 06/15/2005 Santa Rosa Pess Democrat : UFW urges Gallo boycott over impasse in local talks: Union targets customers nationwide; company blames UFW for deadlock