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Farm Worker Safety Act

If Animals Have Heat Safety Protections, Why Shouldn't Farm Workers?

Arturo S. Rodríguez | Posted 11.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: Heat, California Farm Workers, United Farm Workers, Farm Workers, Farm Worker Safety Act, Hot Temperatures, Politics News
Arturo S. Rodríguez

In most of the cases where a farm worker has died, the employer was found to have repeatedly deprived farm workers from adequate water and shade in violation of state regulations. It is obvious that these bad employers prey on the state's inability to enforce the law.

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California's Harvest of Shame: 2012

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: United Farm Workers, Farm Worker Safety Act, Humane Treatment for Farm Workers Act, Agribusiness, Grapes of Wrath, Farm Workers, California Agriculture, California Agribusiness, California Farm Labor, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Farm workers in California work in the extreme heat and tough conditions to feed our nation and face the risk of death and illness. The people who feed us should not fear death when they go to work.

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Who's Watching Out for Farm Workers Left Out in the Heat?

Hernan Vera | Posted 09.02.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: United Farm Workers, Farm Workers, Farm Worker Safety Act, Cal-Osha, Tolles & Olson, California Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Agriculture, Bakersfield, Heat Illness, Cal/OSHA, Betsy Butler, Farm Worker, California Legislature, California, Munger, Politics, Latino Voices News
Hernan Vera

Sixteen-year-old Nicholas Chavez had a summer job in 2011. But unlike many boys his age, Nicholas' summer job consisted of helping his parents pick bell peppers in the scorching fields outside Bakersfield, California.

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