California lawmakers blast safety agency over farmworker conditions
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Wednesday ordered the state's Office of Workplace Safety after hearing testimony from farmworkers who say they are exposed to extreme heat and pesticides and face wage theft and other labor law violations on the job. vehemently criticized. At a hearing before the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, farm workers and […]
Bill filed to protect Arizona workers from heat after farmworker death
Last July, Yuma was hit by a brutal 110-degree heat wave when Dario Mendoza collapsed and died while working in a melon field. The 26-year-old father of two's death raises concerns that state regulations are insufficient to protect farmworkers and other employees working in Arizona's heat, which is made worse by climate change. caused. The […]
Yuma County pushing for three year cap on H-2A farmworker visa to be extended
Yuma, Arizona (3TV/CBS 5) — Farmers in Arizona and across the country say so. H-2A visa program It is essential to attract seasonal workers to come to Arizona and work in the agriculture industry. This visa program admits thousands of workers each year, but these workers only have a limited amount of time before their […]
Yuma farmworker dies after collapsing amid record heat wave
read in spanish Uma, a 26-year-old farm worker, died after collapsing in a field last week during a deadly heat wave, officials said. The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the farm worker’s identity as Dario Mendoza. According to Mendoza’s longtime partner and mother of two, Domini Franco, Mendoza was the father of two young children. […]
Arizona farmworker gives food, water to migrants at border wall
Standing in front of a white truck was a man with a goatee and a straw hat, with a soft smile, tanned and tanned as if he had worked in the fields all his life. On the other side of a rust-coloured iron pillar about six inches wide, two people in the remote Sanctuary early […]
