News – Gerawan Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link Mass organized by UFW, community groups honors 13 farm workers killed in Aug. 9 crash, calls for action on reform bill Los Angeles Tim: Panel OKs Farm Van Seat Belt Bill Legislature: Measure gets swift approval in Senate committee along with tougher penalties for operators of unsafe vehicles Los Angeles Tim: Coastal Berry tops UFW in balloting Associated Pre: Committee Oks measure to require seatbelts in farm vehicles San Francisco Chronic: New Look at Farm Van Safety/After deadly crash, lawmakers call for mandatory seat belts Associated Pre: Farm workers honor tomato pickers killed in van crash L.A. services mark one week since 13 farm workers died in Fresno van crash; Huerta helps collect signatures for reform bill Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazi: The Eternal Soldadera Fresno B: Victims’ families sue driver and trucking companies UFW, attorneys for crash victim families say state and U.S. laws fail to protect farm workers; lawsuit being filed over Monday’s accident San Jose Mercury Ne: Accident spurs action to protect farmworkers: Tragedy’s wake: Central Valley lawmakers debate seat-belt statute Los Angeles Tim: Commentary: Farmhands Need Safe Transport San Francisco Chronic: Farm Laborers Call Van Ticking Time Bomb/Valley legislator says he’ll push for stricter seat belt law Bakersfield Californi: Accident puts focus on safety Fresno Bee Crash kills 13 farmworkers: Van hits big rig making a U-turn on a rural road in Fresno County Los Angeles Tim: 13 in Farm Van Die as It Slams Into Trailer Rig KBAK TV (CBS Affiliate: Bakersfiel: Farm Worker terror: Delano police have booked a Kern County farmer on charges of assault with a deadl weapon……for allegedly firing several shots at three farm workers Tragedies will continue until growers held accountable for farm labor systems Tallahassee Democrat Bitter fight now a party at Quincy Farms: Workers at the mushroom company celebrate their long-sought union contract. New York Tim: In an About-Face, Mushroom Farm Accepts Labor Union Florida’s largest mushroom producer signs contract with United Farm Workers San Francisco Chronic: State Slammed On Pesticide Regulation: Environmentalists’ report says farmworkers risk poisoning Associated Pre: Study: Some California farmworkers at risk from pesticide poisonings L.A. Week: UFW Can’t Sell the Union Label: The UFW loses strawberry vote – to a group that walks and talks like a company union San Francisco Bay Guardi: Field of schemes The UFW may have been defeated by a company union — and the state labor board is looking the other way. « Previous1…728729730731732…744Next »
