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Newsom vetoes bill aiming to increase protections for farmworkers overcome by heat
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom vetoes bill aiming to increase protections for farmworkers overcome by heat

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness. In a veto message issued Saturday, Newsom said there is “no doubt” that California farmworkers need strong protections from the risk of heat-related illness, especially as climate change drives an increase in extreme temperatures. Gavin Newsom’s desk …

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Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for California farmworkers
3 months, 1 week ago

Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for California farmworkers

LA Times  

With the temperature well over 100 degrees, a farmworker takes a break in the shade of a peach tree in a Riverside County orchard. Gavin Newsom’s desk aims to compel employer compliance with the state’s outdoor heat safety standards by making it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness. First enacted in 2005, the state’s …

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With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu
3 months, 4 weeks ago

With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu

Salon  

GREELEY, Colo. — In early August, farmworkers gathered under a pavilion at a park here for a picnic to celebrate Farmworker Appreciation Day. “I tell my wife and son that the cows are sick, and she tells me to leave, but it will be the same wherever I go.” He said he’d heard that his employers were unsympathetic when a …

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California legislators say new laws must protect farmworkers from extreme heat
4 months ago

California legislators say new laws must protect farmworkers from extreme heat

LA Times  

State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California has sharply cut back on enforcement of outdoor heat protection laws, said new legislation is needed to protect employees amid escalating periods of extreme heat. Ortega, whose committee has heard testimony from farmworkers accusing Cal/OSHA of not enforcing safety laws, said the agency has …

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California cuts back on safety enforcement as farmworkers toil in extreme heat
4 months, 1 week ago

California cuts back on safety enforcement as farmworkers toil in extreme heat

LA Times  

California has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers and others who toil in scorching temperatures — an investigation by the Los Angeles Times and Capital & Main has found. Worker advocates say the numbers show a failure to adequately enforce California’s landmark outdoor …

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California lawmakers blast state’s workplace safety agency over ‘dangerous’ farmworker conditions
10 months, 2 weeks ago

California lawmakers blast state’s workplace safety agency over ‘dangerous’ farmworker conditions

LA Times  

Farmworkers report to work in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. California Democrats lambasted the state’s workplace safety agency on Wednesday after hearing testimony from farmworkers who said they have been exposed to extreme heat and pesticides on the job and have faced wage theft and other labor law violations. That understaffing has compounded workplace safety compliance in …

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California mushroom farms cited for workplace safety violations after January fatal shootings
1 year, 5 months ago

California mushroom farms cited for workplace safety violations after January fatal shootings

Associated Press  

California has cited two Northern California mushroom farms for health and safety violations and proposed more than $165,000 in potential fines five months after a farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings on the farms in Half Moon Bay. The state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as CAL/OSHA, filed 22 violations against California Terra Garden, Inc. and proposes …

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Biden endorses bill to help farmworkers organize, putting pressure on Newsom
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden endorses bill to help farmworkers organize, putting pressure on Newsom

LA Times  

Joe Aguilar of Sacramento waves a United Farm Workers flag outside the state Capitol after the union finished a 24-day march on Aug. 26. “I strongly support California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act,” Biden said in a statement Sunday afternoon. For the record: An earlier version of this story described President Biden’s statement as a “usual foray into California …

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Tulip, daffodil farmworkers strike over wages, conditions
2 years, 9 months ago

Tulip, daffodil farmworkers strike over wages, conditions

Associated Press  

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A group of Washington state tulip and daffodil farm workers have gone on strike to demand that the Washington Bulb Co. improve wages and health and safety protocols. Rosa Martinez held up a sign over her head Wednesday that read “huelga” — Spanish for “strike” — with hands covered in clusters of sores she says were …

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Farmworkers Demand Basic Safety After Working In Extreme Heat Wave
3 years, 5 months ago

Farmworkers Demand Basic Safety After Working In Extreme Heat Wave

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Farmworkers are calling on Congress to pass basic safety standards to protect them from extreme heat after a heat wave in the Pacific Northwest killed hundreds of people, including an undocumented worker in Oregon. “Farmworkers are imperiled by a perfect storm of deadly plagues: Extreme summer temperatures fueled by climate change… field workers disproportionately afflicted by the …

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Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
4 years ago

Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority

CNN  

Kaiser Health News — With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of Covid vaccines, the thornier question is figuring out who goes next. Ron DeSantis said that after nursing home residents and front line health workers are inoculated, the state will try to vaccinate people 65 and over and residents with …

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