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News Coverage
- 12/11/2015 Los Angeles Times: Remembering an LA priest who gave sanctuary to immigrants during Reagan era
- 12/11/2015 Minneapolis Star Tribune: Pesticides harm kids’ lungs as much as cigarettes
- 12/11/2015 Eater.com: Fighting Slave Labor in America’s Food Supply Chain
- 12/09/2015 AOL News: Childhood exposure to pesticides linked to lung disease
- 12/07/2015 AFL-CIO: Union-Made in America Holiday Gift Ideas
- 12/03/2015 Napa Valley Register (CA): Chavez, Huerta statues installed in downtown Napa
- 12/03/2015 Los Angeles Times: Pesticides as bad for kids’ lungs as cigarette smoke, study says
- 12/01/2015 The Desert Sun (CA): Our Voice: Officials must protect farmworkers from heat
- 11/30/2015 The Daily Score: Will EPA Cancel an Old, Dangerous Pesticide?
- 11/28/2015 Ventura County Star (CA): Maricela Morales: Giving thanks for farmworkers in Ventura County
- 11/27/2015 North Country Public Radio (NY): Farmworker education is key to new EPA pesticide standards
- 11/25/2015 The Desert Sun: Farmworker safety: Cal/OSHA responds
- 11/23/2015 The Desert Sun: Death in The Fields, Part 3
- 11/20/2015 Daily Kos: Heat kills California farmworkers, but the state won’t always admit it
- 11/19/2015 The Desert Sun: Death in The Fields — CALIFORNIA FARMWORKERS SUFFER MORE HEAT DEATHS AND ILLNESSES THAN ANY OTHER WORKERS IN OUTDOOR INDUSTRIES
- 11/19/2015 The Desert Sun: Death in The Fields, Part 2
- 11/12/2015 Valley Public Radio (CA): New California Law Gives Farm Workers Right To Back Pay
- 11/10/2015 The Packer: Back pay compromise leaves some growers exposed
- 11/10/2015 KBAK-TV (CBS) (CA): UFW informs laborers of available back pay
- 11/09/2015 Bakersfield Californian: Farm union begins awareness drive to alert workers to back pay — Farm workers who weren’t or aren’t paid for rest periods from July 1, 2012, to Dec. 31, 2015, have a chance to get their money.
- 11/09/2015 Fresno Bee (CA): Farm union begins awareness drive to alert workers to back pay
- 11/07/2015 Latino Post: US Agricultural Department inducts Cesar Chavez into Hall of Heroes
- 10/21/2015 Modesto Bee (CA): EPA chief, farmworkers praise new pesticide rules
- 10/21/2015 Coffeelands: Beyond business as usual at La Revancha
- 10/20/2015 AlterNet: 6 Things to Know About the EPA’s New Pesticide Rules