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News Coverage
- 08/02/2024 Newsweek: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan ‘Would Cut Farming Labor By Half’
- 08/01/2024 Florida Phoenix: With parts of FL under a heat advisory, Kathy Castor calls on OSHA to expedite heat protection rule
- 07/30/2024 Axios: Feds push farmworker vaccines to prevent bird, seasonal flus from mingling
- 07/30/2024 The Associated Press: US will buy flu shots for farmworkers in a bid to prevent bird flu from getting worse
- 07/24/2024 Salon: How a Kamala Harris presidency could change how we feed America
- 07/19/2024 Cal Matters: A California court just granted an ag giant a win. It could jeopardize new farm union law
- 07/17/2024 The Grist: The people who feed America are going hungry
- 07/16/2024 CNN: Colorado bird flu cases show how extreme heat may be complicating efforts to control the virus
- 07/15/2024 Salon: Farmworkers are at greatest exposure risk for bird flu, but given few protections
- 07/14/2024 NPR: Central Valley, where a quarter of the U.S.’s food is grown, faces extreme heat
- 07/11/2024 CalMatters: A not-so-wonderful labor dispute
- 07/09/2024 ABC 10: 6 farmworkers fired after leaving work in Yolo County on hot summer day
- 07/08/2024 KCRA 3: 6 farmworkers fired amid hot temps, multiple California state agencies now investigating retaliation
- 07/02/2024 The Huffington Post: Biden Announces New Rule To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat
- 07/02/2024 Politico: Biden announces heat rules as climate-related deaths rise
- 07/02/2024 The New York Times: Biden Administration to Announce First National Heat Protections for Workers
- 07/01/2024 Cal Matters: State inspectors are supposed to visit all farmworker housing to ensure its safety. Sometimes they used FaceTime instead
- 06/27/2024 CA Senator Cortese: Major Support For Senator Dave Cortese’s Life-Saving Farmworker Safety Bill, SB 1299
- 06/24/2024 Salem Reporter: Oregon Congresswoman introduces bill to provide disaster relief to farmworkers
- 06/20/2024 KOTA abc: Rep. Salinas wants to extend disaster relief for farm workers
- 06/15/2024 Sierra Sun Times: California U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Introduces Bicameral Legislation to Provide Disaster Relief for Farm Workers
- 06/14/2024 CBS News Sacramento: Measure could allow California farmworkers to be paid in event of natural disaster
- 06/14/2024 The Guardian: Top CDC officials warns US needs ‘more tests’ in face of bird flu fears
- 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.