Central Valley effort trains farmworkers to master technology replacing fieldwork

Angel Cortez was ready for a change. Cortez, 43, is a Mexican immigrant who has worked…

Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for farmworkers

Erika Patricia Deluque Barros said she was working in a tomato field in Yolo County when…

California lawmakers call for heat protections for farmworkers

State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California…

As heat rises, California reduces farmworker oversite

California has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has…

Judge grants Wonderful’s request for temporary halt to UFW unionization effort

After more than a month of deliberation, a Kern County Superior Court judge has sided with…