State lifts pesticide exposure order for grape harvesters Associated Press SACRAMENTO – State pesticide regulators have lifted a temporary order that allowed farm workers to be exposed to grapes recently treated with a sulfur-based fungicide. California Rural Legal Assistance,

http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/1030-02.htm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOCTOBER 30, 200610:33 AM CONTACT: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337   Stealth Closure of Principal EPA Chemical LibraryUnannounced Move Hampers Agency Scientists’ Review of New Chemicals   WASHINGTON – October 30 –

URL: http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/ox/article/0,1375,VCS_238_5102205,00.html Community celebrates rededication of school By Cheri Carlson, ccarlson@VenturaCountyStar.comOctober 28, 2006 A bright red bow was draped across Cesar Chavez School’s front door Saturday, announcing its imminent rebirth. But before officials would wield giant scissors, cutting the

Advocates demand better pay, conditions for U.S. farmworkers By Kathrynne Skonicki10/27/2006 Catholic News Service ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CNS) – Consumers should pay more attention to the origins of the food they purchase, said the executive director of the St. Louis-based

(AP) Three Democrats in Congress have added their names to a lawsuit seeking to end any pesticide testing on children by the Environmental Protection Agency. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Hilda Solis, both of

Breast cancer cases soar in farm workers Three times more likely to fall illStudy examines agricultural link Oct. 12, 2006. 01:00 AM JOSEPH HALL HEALTH REPORTER Women who have worked on farms are almost three times more likely to develop breast

Farmworkers’ Plight No fruits for their labor – David BaconWednesday, October 11, 2006 Julia Preston, a New York Times reporter writing from Washington, D.C., describes pears rotting on trees in Lake County, Calif., owing to a lack of farmworkers

Cali. Gov. Vetoes Farm-Worker Protection Bill by Shreema Mehta Oct. 10 – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week vetoed a bill meant to give protection to California’s farm workers, a population the state estimates to have topped 1 million. The

Settlement made in death BY SHELLIE BRANCO, Californian staff writere-mail: sbranco@bakersfield.com | Friday, Oct 6 2006 10:05 PM Last Updated: Friday, Oct 6 2006 10:09 PM Two children of a farmworker who died in 2005 of heat exhaustion will

Settlement announced for Kern County farm worker whose death inspired Gov. Schwarzenegger to issue heat reg. Two children of a Kern County farm worker whose 2005 death from extreme heat helped convince Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to issue the first

Capitol Press Vote issue snags unionizing effort Efforts to unionize workers at Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardman, Ore., have hit a snag as farm and union leaders disagree on whose votes to count in a union card-check election. United

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Border Security, Job Market Leave Farms Short of WorkersGrowers Frustrated by Delay in Agriculture Legislation By Sonya GeisWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, October 4, 2006; A06 CLOVIS, Calif. — Bins of Granny Smith apples towered over two conveyor belts at

Los Angeles Times Bill Requiring Pay-Stub Info Is Vetoed October 4, 2006 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have required farm labor contractors to include on pay stubs the names and addresses of the growers whose

Winery layoffs protested Labor representatives claim sour grapes to Stanford’s non-responseOctober 3, 2006By Niraj Sheth The dust had barely settled on the University’s labor battles with the Service Employees International Union when an event organized by the Engineering School

Remarks by the First Lady at Garden Ceremony to Unveil the Laura Bush RoseMonday October 2, 1:56 pm ET WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ — The following is a transcript of remarks by the First Lady at Garden Ceremony to

Lawsuit filed against Threemile farm in firing Mitch LiesCapital Press Staff Writer Attorneys for Gerardo Sanguino have filed a lawsuit against Threemile Canyon Farms alleging wrongful firing. The suit claims Sanguino was fired in retaliation for refusing to sign

Bakersfield Californian State Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, announced Thursday he plans to introduce legislation to crack down on farm labor employers who use false lists of workers in a union representation election. At a news conference in Bakersfield, Florez

UFW says it’s ready for card check election at Threemile Canyon FarmsFarming company says it hasn’t received notification from union By Dean Brickeyof the East Oregonian BOARDMAN – The United Farm Workers says it has advised Threemile Canyon Farms

    Border crackdown, high wages elsewhere means farm-worker shortage ELIZABETH WHITEAssociated Press   BATESVILLE, Texas – J. Allen Carnes needed 200 workers for the onion harvest this year on 500 acres of South Texas fields. The onion business is

Border crackdown, high wages elsewhere means farm-worker shortage ELIZABETH WHITEAssociated Press BATESVILLE, Texas – J. Allen Carnes needed 200 workers for the onion harvest this year on 500 acres of South Texas fields. The onion business is big in

Pickers Are Few, and Growers Blame Congress   Toni Scully, whose family owns a pear-packing company in Northern California, could not sell tons of fruit that had been picked too late for markets. (Max Whittaker for The New York

September 22, 2006 Pickers Are Few, and Growers Blame Congress By JULIA PRESTON LAKEPORT, Calif. — The pear growers here in Lake County waited decades for a crop of shapely fruit like the one that adorned their orchards last