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News Coverage
- 06/13/2024 American Progress: Extreme Heat Is More Dangerous for Workers Every Year
- 06/13/2024 USA News: Be ‘alert but not alarmed’ about bird flu, CDC official urges.
- 06/12/2024 23ABC: Hearing in Bakersfield regarding union rights draws over 100 people from across the state
- 06/08/2024 Bakersfield Now: First heat wave of the year brings more work shortages for farmworkers
- 06/06/2024 El Pais: Teresa Romero: ‘Farmers put food on our table without caring if it benefits a Democrat or a Republican’
- 06/05/2024 CBS News: San Joaquin County farmworkers pick cherries while battling high temps
- 06/04/2024 MLive: Federal extreme heat protections still aren’t in place for outdoor workers as U.S. braces for early ‘heatwave’
- 06/04/2024 CBS News 13: San Joaquin County farmworkers pick cherries while battling high temps
- 06/03/2024 The Morning Call: Farmworkers face high-risk exposures to bird flu, but testing isn’t reaching themThe Morning Call:
- 05/31/2024 Center of Disease Control: CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update May 31, 2024
- 05/31/2024 U.S. HHS Department: Fact Sheet: In Response to H5N1, HHS and USDA Focus on Protecting Farmworkers
- 05/30/2024 KFF Health News: Farmworkers Face High-Risk Exposures to Bird Flu, but Testing Isn’t Reaching Them
- 05/30/2024 The Stand: ‘We want a labor law that protects all farm workers’
- 05/30/2024 Axios: Third bird flu case confirmed in U.S. farmworker
- 05/29/2024 The Guardian: As avian flu hops to cows and at least two humans, migrant farm workers are at risk
- 05/26/2024 USA Today: Farmworkers face high-risk exposures to bird flu, but testing isn’t reaching them
- 05/17/2024 The Tablet: Fatal Bus Crash in Florida Seen as Reminder of How Farmworkers Are All Too Often Forgotten
- 05/17/2024 CalMatters: California farmworkers: Why are so many dying in crashes?
- 05/14/2024 CNN: 8 killed and 45 hurt after a bus carrying farm workers crashes in Florida
- 05/14/2024 NBC News: 8 dead and 8 critically injured in severe bus crash in Florida
- 05/14/2024 Ocala Star Banner: UPDATE: 8 dead, 8 critically injured when bus carrying farmworkers crashes in west Marion County
- 05/14/2024 The Guardian: Eight killed after bus carrying migrant workers crashes in Florida
- 05/14/2024 CalMatters: California cracked down after a crash killed 13 farmworkers. Why are workers still dying on the road?
- 05/14/2024 People’s World: Could the avian flu become the next pandemic in the United States?
- 05/13/2024 Associated Press: Major agricultural firm sues California over farmworker unionization law