Articles Tagged with ''United Farm Workers''

United Farm Workers is calling on Cal/OSHA to take more action to ensure farmworkers have N95 masks as wildfire smoke blankets ag valleys.

While farm groups share this goal, the policy being proposed has drawn opposition from a broad coalition of agricultural and business groups.

In a defeat for some Michigan farms, a federal judge upholds an emergency state order requiring testing of farmworkers for COVID-19.

A new bill would ban two widely used classes of pesticides and allow citizens to petition the Environmental Protection Agency for designations of pesticides as “dangerous,” which could lead to suspension of their registrations.

The fiscal side of climate impacts * Senate Dems set food priorities for next aid package

Newsom has assembled a list of dozens of industry and labor leaders for his new Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery.

Health officials advise wearing bandanas or Chinese N-95 knockoffs * San Jose legislator calls for more farmworker protections

Family Winemakers of California has also asked to keep tasting rooms open with reduced capacity. Food safety inspections will continue. United Farm Workers wants to ensure farmworker safety.