Articles Tagged with ''farmworker protections''

Wildfire ash landing on orchards can lead to toxic dust inhaled by workers, according to a UC Davis study.

Major events have shifted the landscape and the priorities for local, state and federal action, according to a new report.

UC Davis Professor Marc Schenker recognizes California is ahead of the rest of the country with heat illness prevention, but said more can be done.

Cal/OSHA gets more muscle * Foster Farms quells outbreak * DPR adds time for neonics comments * Crunch week for COVID aid deal

Nearly 170 farm groups are calling for federal help in getting personal protective equipment and COVID-19 testing resources for farmworkers.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross said immigration reform “has to happen” and undocumented farmworkers should get legal status.

House Dems are using the pandemic to make the case that undocumented farmworkers get legal status.

Newsom signs three labor bills * CDFA expands virus housing * USDA issuing rules for CFAP-2 * Will CR top-up CCC?

Bills on notifying farmworkers of COVID-19 outbreaks, expanding workers' comp benefits for infections and extending family leave time were signed Thursday.