News and Events Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 08/07/2008 Funeral Arrangements for Jorge Herrera, 5th farm worker to die this year due to heat 08/06/2008 Wenatchee World: Farmworkers union complains about Mathison orchard 08/02/2008 Los Angeles Times: A real heat shield for farmworkers 08/02/2008 Fresno Bee: Farmworker dies after collapsing at vineyards 08/01/2008 Heatstroke Claims Life of 14th Farm Worker; Jorge Herrera Had Been Hospitalized Since July 9 08/01/2008 Central Valley Business Times: Another farm worker dies from heat illness – Fifth death this summer, ‘The black summer for farm workers’ 08/01/2008 Associated Press: State probes 12 possible worker heat deaths 07/31/2008 Environmental News Service: Enviro-Labor Coalitions Challenge Two Toxic Pesticides 07/29/2008 Monterey County Herald: Groups file suit over pesticide use 07/28/2008 EPA Under Fire For Flawed Pesticide Decisions 07/28/2008 Stockton Record: Safety in the spotlight – Contractor’s fines in farm worker’s death send an important message 07/26/2008 San Francisco Chronicle: How food industry lobbying slowed salmonella search 07/26/2008 Bakersfield Californian: What’s enough shade at work? Rule interpretation varies greatly 07/25/2008 Sacramento Bee: Lawsuit targets pesticide 07/24/2008 Lawsuit Asks EPA to End Use of Hazardous Pesticide in USA 07/24/2008 Fines aren’t enough. There must be criminal prosecution in the death of 17-year old heat victim 07/24/2008 San Francisco Bay Guardian: Death of teen immigrant farm worker nets $260K fine 07/24/2008 Associated Press: Group sues to ban DDT-related pesticide 07/24/2008 Stockton Record: State fines labor firm over death 07/23/2008 Sacramento Bee: Farm labor contracting company fined after heat stroke death 07/23/2008 Associated Press: Farm labor contractor fined in worker’s death 07/22/2008 Alternet: How Many More Workers Will We Let Die in the Fields This Summer? 07/20/2008 Los Angeles Times, Opinion: Downsizing government to death – Thanks to ‘E. coli conservatism,’ weakened government watchdogs have put us all at risk. 07/20/2008 KMPH: Valley Family Says Heat Exhaustion Killed Relative 07/19/2008 Associated Press: Fourth possible heat-related death investigated « Previous1…275276277278279…364Next »