News Coverage Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 08/29/2023 The Fresno Bee: Growers, labor companies in Fresno County fined for not paying farmworkers, regulator says 08/25/2023 Times Union: UFW files unfair labor practice charge against Ulster County farm for alleged ‘intimidation’ 08/22/2023 KQED: A Farmworker Death in California Heat Has UFW, Padilla Urging Major Changes 08/18/2023 The Bakersfield Californian: ‘Laws on the books aren’t the laws in the field’: US Senator Padilla, advocates seek national workplace heat protections 08/18/2023 Senator Alex Padilla: Padilla Joins Union Workers in the Central Valley to Push for Federal Heat Stress Protections 08/18/2023 The Sentinel: After farmworker’s death in Fresno-area heat, UFW and Sen. Padilla say it’s time for stronger protections at work 08/18/2023 KVPR: Farmworker dies in Fresno County after working in extreme heat. ‘He should not have died.’ 08/18/2023 NBC News: Dispute between a Utah farmer and farmworkers triggers probe into fraud and human trafficking 08/16/2023 Los Angeles Times: 113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat 08/16/2023 The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Farm Bureau President Gibson resigns after alleged assault of farm worker 08/15/2023 Los Angeles Times: Video of farmer slapping migrant worker leads to human trafficking investigation 08/15/2023 Los Angeles Times: Exploitation, retaliation, alarming conditions: Inside the crisis at West Coast mushroom farms 08/09/2023 The Reckon Report: Say Their Names: These are all the farmworkers who have died from extreme heat in the last year 08/08/2023 KSBW Action News 8: Salinas teen co-writes first-of-its-kind national resolution to honor farmworkers 08/03/2023 Time: Extreme Heat Is Endangering America’s Workers—and Its Economy 08/02/2023 Environmental Defense Fund: The growing threat of heat for farmworkers 07/31/2023 The Guardian: Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils 07/28/2023 Democracy Now: Texas Rep. Greg Casar on Why He Undertook “Thirst Strike” to Demand Heat Protections for Workers 07/25/2023 CBS News: Texas Congressman Greg Casar holds hunger and thirst strike to call for federal workplace heat standard 07/25/2023 CNN: Texas congressman leads thirst and hunger strike to urge heat protections for workers 07/25/2023 Texas Observer: Texas Workers, Congressman Launch ‘Thirst Strike’ for Heat Protections 07/24/2023 America’s Voice: “No Worker Deserves To Die On The Job”: Calls For Federal Heat Protections Intensify Following Tragic Death Of Florida Farmworker 07/24/2023 AZ Central: Yuma farmworker and father of 2 dies amid record heat wave 07/23/2023 The New York Times: Rising Heat Deaths Are Not Just About the Temperature 07/23/2023 CBS News: Brutal heat wave tests farm workers, many of whom lack legal protections « Previous12345…296Next »