Newsom vetoes bill intended to enforce heat rules for farmworkers
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…
Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for farmworkers
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…
California lawmakers call for heat protections for farmworkers
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…
In historic move, Gov. Jerry Brown expands overtime pay for California farmworkers
Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Jerry Brown signed historic legislation Monday that would gradually add hundreds of thousands of California farmworkers to the ranks of those…
California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting | Housing News
Half Moon Bay, California – Almost a year and a half after a mass shooting took the lives of seven farmworkers in the town of…
At least 8 people dead as bus carrying farmworkers crashes in Florida | transport News
Bus was carrying 53 farmworkers when it collided with a pick-up truck in central Florida, authorities say. At least eight people have been killed after…
Wonderful sues to halt law that made it easier to unionize farmworkers
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…
Tunisia’s Fields of Resilience: The reality for female farmworkers | Women
In rural Tunisia, a mother toils in the fields to secure life-changing surgery for her daughter. From the cold of winter to the scorching heat…
Farmworker’s son and dairy farmer face off in California election
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…
Senate parliamentarian won’t allow citizenship pathway for immigrants in Democrats’ spending bill
WASHINGTON — A key Senate advisor on Sunday said existing rules will not allow Democrats to include a pathway to citizenship for up to 8 million…
Newsom seals unusual deal allowing farmworkers new way to unionize
California farmworkers can now unionize more easily after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday in the final step of an unusual compromise struck last year…
‘Like slaves’: Zimbabwe farmworkers lash out at work conditions | Features
Beatrice, Zimbabwe – For most of the last nine years, Admire Munatsi has gotten to his boss’s farmhouse in Beatrice, 65km (40 miles) south of…
California shooting underscores strain on state’s farmworkers | Labour Rights News
A mass shooting that killed seven farmworkers in the United States last week has brought renewed attention to the hardships faced by agricultural workers in…