Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
News Coverage
- 07/20/2023 Beacon: ‘Embarrassing and shameful’: Advocates blast Mills’ veto of farmworker rights bill
- 07/20/2023 NBC News: South Florida mourns death of another farmworker as advocates fight for heat protections:
- 07/19/2023 CBS News Miami: Homestead farmworker dies because of extreme heat
- 07/19/2023 Capital & Main: Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms
- 07/17/2023 The Sacramento Bee: UFW just got big union wins at New York farms. Is the same coming for California?
- 07/17/2023 Yakima Herald-Republic: Newhouse reintroduces Farm Workforce Modernization Act, optimistic about Senate’s support
- 07/16/2023 NPR: The U.S.’s increased reliance on farmworkers from other countries is drawing concern
- 07/14/2023 NPR: For farmworkers recovering from Central Valley flooding, the safety net is thin
- 07/10/2023 NPR: It’s hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death
- 07/10/2023 KQED: California’s Farmworkers Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change
- 07/09/2023 Morning Ag Clips: Farm Workers Welcome Reintroduction of Bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act
- 07/08/2023 The Goshen News: Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
- 07/06/2023 The Guardian: Union wins at New York farms raise hopes for once-powerful UFW
- 07/06/2023 The Fresno Bee Editorial: If Kevin McCarthy truly supports farmers, he’ll back this bill to legalize workers | Opinion
- 07/05/2023 The Washington Post: Heat is a mortal threat to farmworkers. A nurse may have found a way to protect them.
- 07/05/2023 Occupational Health & Safety: Death of Worker, Who Spoke of Heat-Illness-Related Symptom, Could Have Been Prevented, OSHA Says
- 07/03/2023 The Wall Street Journal: Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect
- 06/30/2023 Fox 26 News: Farm workers educate others of existing rights, protections when working in extreme heat
- 06/29/2023 Capital Press: Washington heat rule requiring hourly breaks coming July 17
- 06/26/2023 The Columbian: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
- 06/21/2023 Colorado Public Radio: With shortage of local labor, farmers and advocates want Congress to create incentives for migrant farmworkers
- 06/19/2023 The Washington Post: Texas law overrides safeguards like water breaks as temperatures rise
- 06/19/2023 abc 10: Sacramento County planning staff discussing farmworker housing zone expansion
- 06/15/2023 The Daily Journal: Helping California’s farmworkers
- 06/15/2023 Crosscut: Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules