Article Last Updated: 4/24/2006 07:28 AM Will there be enough workers? By Barbara Grady, BUSINESS WRITERInside Bay Area ROWS OF ALMOND and fruit trees stretch as far as the eye can see in Manteca, interrupted only by vast yards

Chavez family leads immigration march BY ROBERT PRICE, Californian staff writere-mail: rprice@bakersfield.com | Sunday, Apr 23 2006 10:25 PM Last Updated: Sunday, Apr 23 2006 10:29 PM The flags came out again Sunday at east Bakersfield’s Martin Luther King

11 a.m. rally, 11:30 a.m. March SundayThousands from Arvin to Fresno mark Cesar Chavez’s passing while marching for immigrants’ rights in Bakersfield Thousands of farm workers, students and community activists from across the Central Valley will observe the 13th

11 a.m. rally, 11:30 a.m. March SundayThousands from Arvin to Fresno mark Cesar Chavez’s passing while marching for immigrants’ rights in Bakersfield Thousands of farm workers, students and community activists from across the Central Valley will observe the 13th

UFW pushes for rules on heat stressBy LEAH BETH WARDYAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Calling a newly adopted heat-stress rule "vague and unenforceable," the United Farm Workers of America union launched a national campaign Friday to pressure state regulators to adopt more

UFW endorses Angelides & Westly  The National Executive Board of the United Farm Workers of America issued the following statement today from the union’s Keene, Calif. headquarters. Following interviews of the candidates by elected farm worker leaders from organized

Yakima Herald. http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/295261506810688 State tells employers to set up rules for working in heatBy MARK MOREYYAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Washington employers will have to develop an "effective plan" for guarding their workers from heat-related illnesses while they are outside this summer,

Women step up to feed migrants Local duo raise money, lead caravan to help rained-out farmworkers By Matthew Artz, STAFF WRITERInside Bay Area UNION CITY — Lupe Fuentes has seen countless news reports of people in need, but there

Workplace heat stress proposal has some steamed By LEAH BETH WARDYAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC State officials said they would decide this week whether to propose a new rule regulating exposure to heat in outdoor workplaces, a controversial topic that’s been under

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Heat_Exposure.html Seattle Post Intelligencer – 4/18/2006 Officials to decide on new rule regulating heat exposure THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YAKIMA, Wash. — State officials intend to decide this week whether to propose a new rule regulating heat exposure in outdoor

Hasten, but still require, state review of labor appeal At a time when there’s so much fuss surrounding proposed immigration reform and guest-worker programs, it’s a good idea to take a close look when labor and agriculture employers say

Growers and union hail new agreement for Global Horizons, UFWBy LEAH BETH WARDYAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC John Verbrugge could never have predicted a year ago that he would be prepared to let union farm workers pick apples in his orchards. But

  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/266352_farmworker12.html Seattle Post Intelligencer  Guest farm workers get contractEmbattled labor firm Global Horizons signs pact with union By PAUL NYHANP-I REPORTER The United Farm Workers of America signed a contract Tuesday with embattled Global Horizons that promises to

Farm Labor Contractor, Union in PactThe agreement between Global Horizons and the UFW offers benefits for guest workers.By Jerry Hirsch, Times Staff WriterApril 12, 2006 As debate rages over immigration, the United Farm Workers union and an agricultural labor

    Embargoed until: April 11, 2006 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in SeattleBreakthrough nationwide UFW pact protecting foreign farm workers remedies abuses plaguing guest worker program  With proposed guest worker programs a key part of the immigration reform debate, the first

April 11, 2006 Farmworkers’ Union Is Set to Announce First National Contract for Guest Workers By STEVEN GREENHOUSE With Congress debating a major expansion in the program for guest workers, the nation’s largest union of farmworkers planned to announce

BY SHELLIE BRANCO AND LISA SCHENCKERe-mail: sbranco@bakersfield.com lschencker@bakersfield.com | Monday, Apr 10 2006 10:55 PM Last Updated: Tuesday, Apr 11 2006 8:13 AM The massive protest downtown Monday was a world away from the student protests last month. Monday’s

Salinas protesters march for immigrant rights By CLAUDIA MELƒNDEZ SALINAS Herald Salinas Bureau DAVID ROYAL/The Herald Janet Perez, clockwise from bottom right, helps her niece Mallory Sanchez with her candle as they Hundreds of people turned out in East

News Update Tens of thousands of people march in Phoenix in support of immigration reform. Ralph Freso Tribune 100,000 marchers peacefully join throngs By Paul Giblin and Mary K. ReinhartTribune April 11, 2006 In an unprecedented display of support