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Cal/OSHA to allow unions to join workplace inspections

02/25/26 7:02 AM By Brad Hooker

Cal/OSHA has proposed a new “walk-around rule” that could reshape who joins inspectors during workplace safety investigations. The draft regulation would clarify when employees, unions or outside representatives can participate in on-site inspections.

Cal/OSHA’s plan for driverless tractors meets stiff pushback

12/03/25 7:04 AM By Brad Hooker

Farm and ag-tech advocates are pushing back on a Cal/OSHA plan for regulating autonomous farm equipment, warning the proposed framework could stall innovation, undermine workforce goals and drive investments out of the state.

Newsom vetoes bill to expand heat illness claims for farmworkers

10/15/25 7:01 AM By Brad Hooker

Newsom has rejected AB 1336, a proposal to make it easier for farmworkers to receive workers’ compensation benefits for heat-related injuries when employers fail to follow state heat illness prevention standards.

Daybreak West May 19: Bill to ease package recycling mandates stalls

05/19/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker, Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

Ag-backed packaging bill stalls * New wildfire smoke rules coming * USDA office closures proceeding, official says

California weighs benefit of standards, proxy data in autonomous agriculture

04/02/25 7:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Agricultural stakeholders are concerned that collecting autonomous tractor data will be stalled by California’s current labor laws.

Ag clashes with labor groups over worker protections from bird flu

Cal/OSHA hears policy recommendations on zoonotic disease standards.

03/26/25 7:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Agricultural interests are trying to steer California regulators away from treating bird flu like the next COVID-19 pandemic when it comes to farmworker protections.

Tech industry grapples with data access ahead of Cal/OSHA autonomous tractor meeting

03/19/25 7:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

As California’s agricultural sector takes on a decades-old regulation restricting the use of autonomous tractors, technology developers discussed remaining data and regulatory barriers to implementation during the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco last week.

Daybreak West Feb.26: The end of OSHA?

02/26/25 8:30 AM By Rebekah Alvey, Brad Hooker, Lydia Johnson, Chloe Lovejoy, and Noah Wicks

House bill seeks to abolish OSHA * Big win for House GOP * Rollins told to detail firings

Sacramento decision-makers rally behind regional solutions to ag tech adoption

02/12/25 7:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

State legislators from both sides of the aisle, along with public-private partners, called on Sacramento to support agricultural tech adoption through increased public-private partnerships and refreshing outdated legislation.

Daybreak West Jan.21: EJs plead with Cal/OSHA for bird flu protections

01/21/25 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker

Another push for hazard pay * DPR’s active calendar * Trump delays tariff action

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sen. Peter Welch on farm bill, Mary Boote on Global Farmer sentiment

The Senate is expected to release farm bill text soon. We asked Vermont Sen. Peter Welch what he’d like to see included, and if there will be a push to remove state SNAP cost share provisions enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Welch also discusses concerns about staffing levels at farmer-facing USDA offices.

Plus, Global Farmer Network founder and CEO Mary Boote discusses how farmers around the world have responded to U.S. trade and tariff policies enacted by the Trump administration, as well as technology adoption trends from GFN members in 70+ countries in 6 continents.

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