/tags/farmworkers farmworkers en-US Copyright Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:52:02 GMT /housing/2024-10-22/federal-funding-to-expand-affordable-farmworker-housing-reaches-oregon Oregon farmworkers, many of them immigrants, face a housing market that is fraught with substandard living conditions or is financially out of reach. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:52:02 GMT /housing/2024-10-22/federal-funding-to-expand-affordable-farmworker-housing-reaches-oregon Alejandro Figueroa /labor-employment/2024-09-29/as-extreme-heat-rises-newsom-blocks-bill-to-protect-california-farmworkers Gov. Newsom blocks legislation to make it easier for California farmworkers to file workers’ comp claims for heat illness. It was backed by their union and opposed by business groups. Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:22:01 GMT /labor-employment/2024-09-29/as-extreme-heat-rises-newsom-blocks-bill-to-protect-california-farmworkers Jeanne Kuang /labor-employment/2024-08-23/oregon-has-proposed-improvements-to-farmworker-housing-advocates-say-they-arent-enough Oregon officials are proposing significant updates to farmworker housing standards to improve health and safety. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:53:30 GMT /labor-employment/2024-08-23/oregon-has-proposed-improvements-to-farmworker-housing-advocates-say-they-arent-enough Alejandro Figueroa /labor-employment/2024-08-19/a-tale-of-2-workers-heat-deaths-on-the-job-provoke-differing-responses-in-oregon-idaho One state adopted worker protections and saw deaths drop, while the other took no action. Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:58:27 GMT /labor-employment/2024-08-19/a-tale-of-2-workers-heat-deaths-on-the-job-provoke-differing-responses-in-oregon-idaho Rachel Spacek /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-15/wildfires-are-growing-under-climate-change-and-their-smoke-threatens-farmworkers-study-says As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of wildfires around the world, a new study shows that farmworkers are paying a heavy price by being exposed to high levels of air pollution Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:41:53 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-15/wildfires-are-growing-under-climate-change-and-their-smoke-threatens-farmworkers-study-says AP Staff /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-23/epa-updates-protections-from-pesticide-drift-for-farmworkers-communities The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will more closely weigh in on the harm caused when pesticides drift away from farm fields onto nearby communities. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:37:59 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-23/epa-updates-protections-from-pesticide-drift-for-farmworkers-communities Alejandro Figueroa /labor-employment/2024-07-21/a-california-court-just-granted-an-ag-giant-a-win-it-could-jeopardize-new-farm-union-law A judge has halted a union effort at the Wonderful Company, throwing into question a new state law designed to make it easier for agricultural workers to organize. Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:42:33 GMT /labor-employment/2024-07-21/a-california-court-just-granted-an-ag-giant-a-win-it-could-jeopardize-new-farm-union-law Jeanne Kuang /labor-employment/2023-11-13/hundreds-of-fruit-packers-in-oregon-and-washington-vote-on-union-membership-this-week More than 350 apple, pear and cherry packers at three facilities in the Columbia River Gorge will decide this week whether to unionize. Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:24:12 GMT /labor-employment/2023-11-13/hundreds-of-fruit-packers-in-oregon-and-washington-vote-on-union-membership-this-week Alex Baumhardt /labor-employment/2023-11-12/ufw-wins-first-farmworker-union-vote-under-new-california-law The United Farm Workers, which represents nearly 7,000 workers, won a unionization vote in Stanislaus County. It’s the first such win in six years and first under a law that went into effect in May. Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:01:11 GMT /labor-employment/2023-11-12/ufw-wins-first-farmworker-union-vote-under-new-california-law Nicole Foy /2023-08-21/after-farmworkers-death-in-fresno-area-heat-ufw-and-sen-padilla-say-its-time-for-stronger-protections-at-work U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and the United Farm Workers union say a recent death in a tomatillo field was due to heat, but a coroner’s report doesn’t back that up. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:37:10 GMT /2023-08-21/after-farmworkers-death-in-fresno-area-heat-ufw-and-sen-padilla-say-its-time-for-stronger-protections-at-work Nicole Foy