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News Coverage
- 09/13/2012 Chico News & Review: Treat farm workers humanely — Governor should sign bill criminalizing abusive conditions
- 09/13/2012 L.A. Beat: United in Solidarity, the UFWs Join the Walmart Warehouse Workers on Their March for Safer Work Conditions (includes video)
- 09/12/2012 Huffington Post Blog: Arturo Rodriguez — If Animals Have Heat Safety Protections, Why Shouldn’t Farm Workers?
- 09/09/2012 San Francisco Chronicle: California grower to pay $350K in sex harassment case
- 09/08/2012 Daily Kos: This week in the War on Workers: Do farm workers deserve the same protections as animals?
- 09/05/2012 Beyond Chron: Fields of Fire: Bill Provides Water, Shade to Farm Workers
- 09/04/2012 NBC Bay Area (CA): UFW Overtime Denied (video)
- 08/31/2012 Sacramento Bee: California bills aimed at better worker conditions head to Gov. Jerry Brown
- 08/31/2012 Huffington Post: If the Labor Movement Doesn’t Speak Up for Workers, Who Will? The Koch Brothers?
- 08/31/2012 Huffington Post: Governor Brown — Don’t Let Farmworkers Die From the Heat
- 08/30/2012 Sacramento Bee: Poor shade, water could land farmer in jail under bill sent to governor
- 08/28/2012 Bilingual Weekly: Ace Tomato workers continue to fight for a fair contract
- 08/28/2012 KERO 23 (ABC) (CA): California Senate Approves Bill For Farm Workers To Enforce State’s Heat Regulations
- 08/28/2012 KERO 23 (ABC) (CA): Farmworker Safety Bills Targeting, Punishing Employers Floats Through Legislature
- 08/27/2012 KGET 17 (CA): Senate okays bill to let farmworkers sue over heat
- 08/27/2012 Central Valley Business Times (CA): California farm workers might be allowed to enforce heat regulations themselves
- 08/25/2012 USA Today: New U.S. immigration program can help farmworkers
- 08/23/2012 Sun Sentinel (FL): Farm workers sue former Belle Glade bosses
- 08/23/2012 Bell Gardens Sun (CA): ‘Los Four’ Artist Celebrated at Vincent Price Art Museum
- 08/23/2012 Huffington Post: California’s Harvest of Shame: 2012
- 08/22/2012 Manteca Bulletin (CA): UFW pickets Ace Tomato
- 08/21/2012 The Desert Sun (CA): Our Voice: State should get tough to protect farmworkers
- 08/21/2012 Press Democrat: Farmworker bill would increase overtime pay
- 08/21/2012 San Francisco Chronicle: Farmers could face jail time for heat violations
- 08/20/2012 San Francisco Chronicle: State needs to protect farmworkers