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- 07/10/2019 AZ Central: Rep. Raúl Grijalva seeks limits on heat exposure while on the job
- 07/10/2019 AZ Central:Rep. Raúl Grijalva seeks limits on heat exposure while on the job
- 07/10/2019 House Bill to Give All U.S. Workers Protections from Heat Death & Illness that California first issued in 2005
- 07/09/2019 Poeple’s World:N.Y. joins Calif. in passing comprehensive labor rights for farm workers
- 07/09/2019 Press Conference: House to Introduce Legislation Protecting Workers From Heat
- 07/05/2019 The American Prospect: Since Washington, D.C., Won’t Oversee Its Guest Worker Programs, Washington State Will
- 07/05/2019 Fox News: 18-year-old killed in farming accident near Visalia
- 07/05/2019 Statesmanjournal: Two Dayton companies fined $78,526 for Willamette Valley pesticide violations
- 07/02/2019 The Progressive: The Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: Part Four, United Farm Workers Tell the World, “We’re Still Here.”
- 06/30/2019 Grist: Mothers in California are leading efforts to ban harmful pesticides
- 06/28/2019 ABC 30: UFW holds demonstration after recent hazmat incidents involving over 130 workers
- 06/28/2019 Fresno Bee: Protests reach Fresno County ag commissioner’s office as details emerge in pesticide exposures
- 06/27/2019 UFW: ag commissioners must stop mass farm worker poisonings after 130-plus were victims in two weeks & ag commissioners’ face ‘inherent conflicts of interest’
- 06/27/2019 Fresno Bee: Farm workers exposed to chemicals for second time in two weeks. This time in Fresno County
- 06/27/2019 ABC 30 (Fresno CA): 75 farmworkers exposed to unknown pesticide at Fresno County farm
- 06/27/2019 YourCentralValley.com: About 75 people exposed to pesticide in Fresno County; hazmat on scene
- 06/27/2019 Univision Ch 21: Al menos 75 campesinos expuestos a pesticida en el Valle Central
- 06/26/2019 Washington Post: The father and daughter who drowned at the border were desperate for a better life, family says
- 06/26/2019 San Jose Spotlight: Assemblyman Rivas creates bill to help Santa Clara County farmworkers
- 06/25/2019 The Hill: Wayfair employees plan walkout over sales to migrant detention centers
- 06/24/2019 Seven more dairy workers employed at Darigold member dairies file complaints regarding sexual harassment and assault
- 06/22/2019 NBC Southern CA: Los Angeles Enshrines Dolores Huerta’s Name Near Boyle Heights City Hall
- 06/21/2019 Huffington Post: Cities Nationwide Refuse To Cooperate With ICE’s Mass Deportation Raids
- 06/21/2019 The United States Blues:Trump administration says migrant children in custody don’t deserve blankets, soap, or toothbrushes
- 06/20/2019 Talk Poverty.org: Heat Is Now the Deadliest Threat to Farmworkers. Only Two States Protect Them From It.