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Heat News
- 08/06/2021 PBS NewsHour: Farmworkers are dying in extreme heat. Few standards exist to protect them
- 08/05/2021 Public News Service: In Olympia, Calls for Greater Safeguards Against Heat for Farmworkers
- 08/04/2021 In These Times: The Climate Crisis Is Coming for Undocumented Farmworkers First
- 08/04/2021 The Seattle Times: Heat was contributing factor in July death of Yakima Valley farmworker
- 08/04/2021 Yakima Herald: Heat was contributing factor in July death of Yakima Valley farmworker
- 08/03/2021 Capital & Main: California Farmworkers Still Tending Fields in 114-Degree Heat
- 08/03/2021 PBS News Hour: Worsening wildfires in California’s wine country threaten low-wage farm workers
- 08/02/2021 The Good Men Project: Farm Workers Are Dying. Blame Our Exploitative Food System.
- 07/31/2021 Statesman Journal: With new protections in place, farmworkers face another heat wave
- 07/29/2021 KABC 7 : New system launched to alert Ventura County farmworkers to wear masks amid unhealthy air conditions
- 07/29/2021 KCRA 3 Sacramento: CDC: Farmworkers die 20 times more than other workers from extreme heat
- 07/28/2021 Politico: Western heatwave highlights need for better farmworker protections
- 07/28/2021 San José Spotlight: Rising heat threatens Silicon Valley’s vulnerable populations
- 07/25/2021 Oregon Live: Oregon reports second workplace death from June heat wave
- 07/24/2021 Business Insider: Heatwaves are killing workers on the job. The government needs to set new rules for employers before more Americans needlessly die.
- 07/23/2021 Statesman Journal: As wildfires rage, Oregon still working on rules to protect farmworkers from smoke
- 07/22/2021 City Watch: Farm Workers are Dying. Blame Our Exploitative Food System.
- 07/21/2021 ABC News: Protecting California’s farm workers from extreme heat and COVID-19
- 07/20/2021 KCBX: Issues & Ideas: Healthcare for farmworkers, air quality during wildfires, restaurants go digital.
- 07/20/2021 Fresh Fruit Portal: U.S. states struggle with more extreme heat as UFW urges more protections
- 07/19/2021 Capital Press: Washington state sets new rule for farm work in wildfire smoke
- 07/18/2021 USA Today: ‘We are so unprepared’: Extreme heat fueled by climate change putting farmworkers’ lives on the line
- 07/17/2021 ABC 7 Eyewitness News: Farmworkers seek more legal protections amid rising danger from heat
- 07/16/2021 Yakima Herald: State issues emergency rules to protect workers from wildfire smoke
- 07/16/2021 The Guardian: ‘We’re not animals, we’re human beings’: US farm workers labor in deadly heat with few protections