July 6, 2021 LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Send Embed In a major property rights decision, the US Supreme Court held that the federal Constitution protects against a state mandating union access to an employer’s private property for organizing purposes. Its
JD Supra: Supreme Court: California Can’t Require Union Access To Employer’s Premises for Organizing
Anchorage Daily News: U.S. Supreme Court again expands corporate power at workers’ expense
Anchorage 56°F Opinions U.S. Supreme Court again expands corporate power at workers’ expense Author: Sharman Haley | Opinion Updated: 5 hours ago Published 7 hours ago FILE – This June 8, 2021, file photo shows the Supreme Court in
YourCentralValley.com: Organizations urge farm workers and the community to get vaccinated
Coronavirus by: Wealthy Gener Posted: Jul 6, 2021 / 06:50 PM PDT / Updated: Jul 6, 2021 / 07:23 PM PDT FRESNO, California (KGPE) – Plaza Mendoza Apartments, which is owned by the Cesar Chavez Foundation, brought together several organizations
Press Herald: Another View: Supreme Court undercuts farm labor organizers
This ruling doesn’t end labor rights in the fields. It just makes it harder for mostly nonwhite, non-English-speaking workers to exercise those rights. By Los Angeles Times Share 1 Comment The Supreme Court’s conservative majority late last month tossed
Oregon Live: Gov. Kate Brown directs Oregon workplace safety agency to adopt emergency heat rules after farmworker death
Updated 4:49 PM; Today 4:27 PM 183sharesBy Jamie Goldberg | The Oregonian/OregonLive Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday directed the state’s workplace safety agency to adopt emergency rules to protect workers from extreme heat. Her announcement comes after a farmworker
Salem Reporter: Oregon OSHA to enact emergency rules for heat following Marion County farmworker death
he agency tasked with protecting farmworkers will create emergency rules this week that will expand requirements for employers to provide shade, rest and cool water when temperatures get extremely hot. By Saphara Harrell – Salem Reporter July 6, 2021
Stateman Journal: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown orders OSHA to create emergency rules after farmworker’s heat death
Dianne LugoSalem Statesman Journal More than 100 people died in Oregon’s historic heatwave last week, including a Marion County farmworker named Sebastian Francisco Perez. The 38-year-old from Guatemala died after collapsing in a field at Ernst Nursery and Farms near St.
Penn Live: Pennsylvania’s migrant farmworkers deserve to live and work here without fear | Opinion
Skip to Article Subscriber Exclusive Today 10:56 PM By Guest Editorial By George Fernandez Last month, more than 1,000 farmworkers received their second COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Giorgio Mushroom farm in Berks County. They didn’t need to hunt
The Guardian: A farm worker and a father: victims of the Pacific north-west’s heatwave
Extreme weather killed hundreds in the US and Canada and experts say heat could have played a role in many more deaths Field laborers work at a farm near Ernst Nursery and Farms, where a man died during last
Magic Valley: Dangerous heat wave continues to broil Idaho. How can farmworkers be protected?
NICOLE FOY AND SOPHIA CHARAN Idaho Statesman 14 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Email Print Save NICOLE FOY AND SOPHIA CHARAN Idaho Statesman It’s sweltering in Idaho and the Pacific Northwest this week, and farmworkers are among the most
Hoard’s Dairyman: U.S. Supreme Court sides with farmers
By Corey Geiger, Managing Editor It’s a win for farmers . . . including the strawberry farmers who filed this case. Not only is this ruling a big win for all farmers, it’s a big win for property rights.
Jacobin Magazine: The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Blow to Farmworkers — And All Other Workers, Too
By Meagan Day Agricultural bosses won a Supreme Court case barring California unions from talking to farmworkers on the job site. It’s a major setback not just for farmworkers but all other workers, too. Our new issue, “The Ruling
OPB News: Series of vigils held for 38-year-old farm worker who died during the heat wave
By Kristian Foden-Vencil (OPB)July 3, 2021 2:09 p.m. A series of three vigils were held around Oregon on Saturday in memory of Sebastian Francisco Perez, a 38-year-old farm worker who died during a June heat wave that brought temperatures
Cal Coast News: U.S. Supreme Court rules against labor union access to private farms
July 5, 2021 By JOSH FRIEDMAN The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling last month effectively overturning a California regulation allowing farm labor unions to access private property. California’s regulation, which had been in place for
Oregonlive: ‘We don’t want more death; we don’t want more sadness’: Man who yearned to become parent died of heat working to provide Oregonians with food, shade
Updated Jul 05, 9:58 AM; Posted Jul 03, 5:26 PM 18 Sebastian Francisco Perez vigil1,670sharesBy April Rubin | The Oregonian/OregonLive Sebastian Francisco Perez, a Guatemalan immigrant to Marion County, was working hard and saving money to become a father.
KCTV 5: Vigils held to remember farmworker who died during heat wave
By Bridget Chavez Posted Jul 4, 2021 0 Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Three different vigils were held across the Portland area to honor and remember a farmworker
The Daily Gazette: Greenpoint: Soaring temps all too ‘normal’
By | July 4, 2021 Shares0FacebookTweetEmail It was hot last week, getting well into the 90s even up here in the Southern Adirondacks. We had to do a few things we rarely do — water the garden, cool ourselves
Farm Workers Visit White House on 4th of July
Washington, D.C.—Farm worker families from Georgia and Washington state are among the essential workers being honored today at the White House’s 4th of July celebration in-person event on the South Lawn. A UFW Foundation-member farm worker family from Georgia
Eminetra: Friends, family remember farm worker who died in heat wave – Portland, Oregon
portland2 days ago Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Portland, Oregon 2021-07-03 21:01:54 – Sebastian Francisco Perez was 38 years old Along: Jennifer Dowling, KOIN6 News Staff Posted: Posted July 3, 2021 / 6: 1 pm PDT / Has been updated:
Time: This Week’s Heat Wave Is Pushing Businesses and Workers to Their Limit
By Alejandro de la Garza July 2, 2021 9:04 AM EDT Portland food cart co-owners Eric and Nicole Gitenstein didn’t have much choice about whether to open their business during this week’s unprecedented heat wave plaguing the Pacific Northwest.
New York Daily News: Man in Oregon dies the day after his birthday in record heat wave
By Jami Ganz New York Daily News | Jul 02, 2021 at 2:26 PM A man who immigrated to the U.S. from Guatemala died in last week’s historic Pacific Northwest heat wave, the day after his 38th birthday and
Texas News Today: Biden Welcomes 21 New American Citizens at White House Naturalization Ceremony
isabellakhademhosseini3 days ago President Joe Biden praised the first American nurse to be vaccinated with COVID for his dedication to her work on Friday at the White House naturalization ceremony. He also recognized the naturalized American Sandra Lindsay as
Oregon Fox 12:Vigils held to remember farmworker who died during heat wave
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The Nation: The Real Target in the Supreme Court’s ‘Cedar Point’ Decision
The court and the press talked about “property rights.” But the real impact will be on organizing, and workers’ rights. By David Bacon Today 5:30 am Two farmworkers, who have left their jobs to work as organizers for the
The Washington Post: The Supreme Court struck down a key United Farm Workers win. The decision has some infamous echoes.
Four things to know about a ruling that could endanger many government regulations. By Erin Mayo Adam July 2, 2021 at 4:45 a.m. PDT On June 23, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to organized labor. In Cedar Point