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Farmworkers and advocates demand exact location in Statewide Pesticide Notification
Byanka Santoyo speaks at the news conference on pesticide notification in Shafter, July 23, 2024. Photo courtesy of CPR.
Grimmway Farms, two labor contractors cited for serious safety violations in case of Bakersfield farmworker killed while picking carrots
Rosa Miriam Sanchez and her children. (Photo provided by family)
Cal/Osha, the state agency that regulates workplace safety, has issued serious safety violations against Bakersfield ag giant Grimmway Farms, labor contractors Esparza Enterprises, and M&M Labor in the case of Rosa Sanchez of Bakersfield who was run over by a truck while picking carrots on September 20, 2023.
Farm workers and supporters rally outside of courthouse to defend voting rights
Edited on 6/21 to reflect a correction. Wonderful Nurseries filed a lawsuit against the Agriculture Labor Relations Board.
Wonderful Company asks court to throw out new card check unionization law
Farming empire Wonderful Company filed a lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court against the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, ALRB, claiming that the state’s new unionization card check law is illegal and should be nullified.
Wonderful Company to file lawsuit to stop new card check law
Los Angeles-based farming empire Wonderful Company will file a lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court today that aims to nullify California’s new “card-check” law.
Clinica Sierra Vista holds an event celebrating agricultural workers
Clinica Sierra Vista will be holding an event to celebrate agricultural workers during Health Center Week.
Newsom announces funding for undocumented farm workers filing labor complaints
Governor Gavin Newsom launched a pilot program to assist undocumented farmworkers with legal assistance for state labor investigations.
UFW speaks about what AB2183 means and next steps
Governor Gavin Newsom signed the farmworkers union bill, Assembly Bill 2183, which will allow farmworkers to vote for or against unionization.
McFarland FFA students hope to sell their own almond oil
Future Farmers of America (FFA) is a program meant to help students succeed in the agricultural field and McFarland High School’s FFA has been doing just that and more.
Clinica Sierra Vista celebrates National Health Center Week honoring the work and the contributions that agricultural farmworkers do in the community
Clinica Sierra Vista celebrates National Health Center Week from August 7 to August 13, 2022 with different activities to provide awareness on the mission and accomplishments of America’s Health Centers across America which provide contributions to underserved communities.