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|News Coverage
- 11/16/1999 Fresno Bee: Earlimart pesticide case baffles officials: Application that made dozens ill appears legal, inspectors say.
- 11/15/1999 Associated Pre: Pesticide mist forces 150 to evacuate, sends dozens to hospital
- 11/15/1999 Fresno B: Airborne pesticide sends 21 Earlimart residents to hospitals
- 11/11/1999 Sacramento B: Farm workers journey far to honor one of their own
- 11/07/1999 Associated Press, 1: Fighting for Chavez Holiday
- 11/01/1999 Editorial cartoon re: the proposed new guestworker program by award-winning editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz
- 10/28/1999 Associated Pre: Labor panel to hear challenges in strawberry union debate
- 10/18/1999 Sacramento B: Editorial cartoon re: guestworker program by award-winning cartoonist Dennis Renault
- 09/30/1999 Fresno B: Davis OKs farm-labor seat belts: Existing labor vans must have seat belts by May 1, 2000 after bills are signed.
- 09/29/1999 Los Angeles Tim: State Holiday on Chavez Birthday Gets Backing
- 09/09/1999 Fresno B: Laborer safety bills go to Davis
- 09/08/1999 Sacramento B: Senate OKs safety bill spurred by farm worker tragedy
- 09/05/1999 Bakersfield Californi: UFW cofounder still harvesting fair labor policy
- 09/05/1999 Bakersfield Californi: Keeping a close eye: FBI spied on Cesar Chavez and UFW for 12 years; found nothing
- 08/28/1999 Fresno B: State urged to tighten farm van safety: Seat belts and inspections are a must in the wake of 13 deaths in a labor van crash, farmworkers tell legislators during a meeting in Fresno.
- 08/27/1999 Los Angeles Tim: ‘This Tragedy Happened Because of Greed’ Farm workers: UFW’s founder spoke to the same issues 25 years ago as were raised by a recent van accident that killed 13.
- 08/23/1999 Fresno B: 200 mourn van-crash victims at MassSunday: Mass is dedicated to eulogizing Fresno County van-crash victims.
- 08/20/1999 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
- 08/19/1999 Los Angeles Tim: Coastal Berry tops UFW in balloting
- 08/19/1999 Associated Pre: Committee Oks measure to require seatbelts in farm vehicles
- 08/19/1999 San Francisco Chronic: New Look at Farm Van Safety/After deadly crash, lawmakers call for mandatory seat belts
- 08/17/1999 Associated Pre: Farm workers honor tomato pickers killed in van crash
- 08/15/1999 Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazi: The Eternal Soldadera
- 08/13/1999 Fresno B: Victims’ families sue driver and trucking companies
- 08/12/1999 San Jose Mercury Ne: Accident spurs action to protect farmworkers: Tragedy’s wake: Central Valley lawmakers debate seat-belt statute