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Agriculture
fromThe Mercury News
6 days ago

UC Berkeley researchers find 75% of surveyed field workers labored during Sonoma County wildfires since 2017

Sonoma County's Ag Pass program prioritizes agricultural operations over worker health and safety, exposing farmworkers to wildfire smoke and inadequate protections.
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
6 days ago

UC Berkeley researchers find 75% of surveyed field workers labored during Sonoma County wildfires since 2017

A newly published UC Berkeley study takes a highly critical view of Sonoma County's Ag Pass program, adding to previous analyses that suggest the system, which allows agricultural workers into disaster evacuation zones when approved by the Sheriff's Office, keeps local industry humming at the expense of worker health and safety. Among the findings of a survey of more than 1,000 Sonoma County farmworkers
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