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- 03/27/2012 Fox News Latino: United Farm Workers Union Backs Heat Relief Bill Before California Legislature
- 03/24/2012 Merced Sun Star (CA): Central Valley, Merced area workers back hot weather bill
- 03/21/2012 UFW bill lets farm workers enforce heat death prevention rules since state hasn’t
- 01/13/2012 Western Farm Press: California farm labor contractors issued citations after heat deaths
- 01/11/2012 PR Newswire: Cal/OSHA Issues Citations in First Confirmed Heat Related Fatality for 2011
- 01/11/2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Cal-OSHA cites, fines company for farmworker death
- 01/11/2012 CBS Los Angeles: California Company Fined $74K For Allowing Farm Hand To Die Of Heat Stroke
- 09/14/2011 Los Angeles Times: California farmworker protections not going far enough?
- 09/04/2011 Ventura County Star: UFW marchers reach Capitol, celebrate proposed labor reforms
- 09/01/2011 Special for the UFW: FAMILY OF PREGNANT TEEN TRAGICALLY TAKEN BY HEAT MARCHES FOR DAY WITH SACRAMENTO-BOUND PILGRIMS
- 08/29/2011 Farm worker marchers pause at Stockton courthouse Monday to remember teen grape worker who died from the heat in 2008. Members of Maria Isavel’s family join 200-mile march
- 07/23/2011 Associated Press: State investigates 6 possible heat-related deaths
- 07/22/2011 Associated Press: Calif investigates 6 possible heat-related deaths
- 07/08/2011 New America Media: Should California Deny Farm Workers Their Basic Rights?
- 06/25/2011 Press TV: California Farm Industry Deadly for Workers (includes video)
- 06/18/2011 “Heat” (video)
- 05/14/2011 Daily Kos: Tragic Death of Teen Farm Worker in 2008 Propels Uncle to Fight for Labor Rights
- 05/13/2011 Tragic Death of Teen Farm Worker in 2008 Propels Uncle to Fight for Labor Rights
- 05/12/2011 California Labor Federation: Fighting for Fair Treatment for Farmworkers
- 05/12/2011 State Assembly Honors Late Teen Farm Worker by Voting on Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act
- 04/14/2011 Teen Farm Worker’s Death Shows Need for More Protections – Parts 1 & 2 (videos)
- 03/10/2011 Stockton Record (CA): No jail for farm labor officials
- 03/10/2011 Stockton Record (CA): Plea deals accepted in death of 17-year-old pregnant farm worker (video)
- 03/10/2011 Farmworker supporters at state Capitol about Maria Isavel (video)
- 03/10/2011 Associated Press: Farm supervisors take plea deal in worker’s heat death