This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming.On one hand, we simply…
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California farmers, who are some of the most ardent supporters…
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness.SB 1299…
Sept. 12, 2024 3 AM PT Erika Patricia Deluque Barros said she was working in a tomato field in Yolo County when she first started…
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…
https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/essential_fairness.pdfCalifornia has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers…
After more than a month of deliberation, a Kern County Superior Court judge has sided with Wonderful Co. and issued a preliminary injunction that will…
The Wonderful Co. is escalating its battle against unionization of its job sites, looking to halt a new state law intended to streamline the farmworker…
Carlo Jiménez, a young broadcaster inspired by his family, completed his first season as the Clippers’ new voice on KLAC-AM (570) radio. Jiménez, 23, is…
WASCO, Calif. — The revelation that United Farm Workers would be representing workers at a Kern County company owned by the state’s wealthiest farming family should…
Montreal, Canada – “It would be contrary to the whole Canadian belief in freedom of the individual.” The year was 1952, and Canada’s then-minister of…
SACRAMENTO — 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…
BAKERSFIELD — As a teenager, David Valadao had a long list of chores to do before school every day. He’d jump on his tractor, buck hay…