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Sacramento Bee
2 weeks ago
California

Is this overtime law actually helping California's farmworkers? Lawmaker proposes a reversal

Republican lawmaker wants to revert California agricultural overtime rules to pre-2016 levels.
United Farm Workers advocate for maintaining 2016 overtime provisions for farmworkers.
The Sacramento Bee
3 months ago
California

California has a housing crisis. Why are thousands of farmworker apartments closed each year?

Farmworkers in California struggle to find affordable housing, while thousands of subsidized units sit empty for months every year.
The migrant housing centers in California do not meet the changing needs of farmworkers, who now prefer to settle in their communities instead of migrating from crop to crop.
The Sacramento Bee
1 year ago
California

California farmworkers seek aid after losing work, possessions in floods. 'We need more'

Filberto Hernández Ramírez, a farmworker from the Mexican state of Jalisco, typically picks citrus and grapes in the San Joaquin Valley.But he's had less work this winter, due to a series of powerful storms that have saturated the region's agricultural fields.He and his family were already struggling to get by on his reduced income when a storm slammed into Tulare County on March 10.
KQED
1 year ago
California

From the Soil: Farmworkers Building Fire Resilience | KQED

On a crisp afternoon at the Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen, a group of twenty one farmworkers suit up in firefighter gear.Women and men take turns helping each other strap on backpacks and fire helmets in preparation for another intense day of prescribed burn trainings.These are carefully planned low intensity fires set under specific environmental conditions, intended to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
KQED
1 year ago
California

'Deplorable, Heartbreaking': Officials Pledge to Investigate Labor Conditions at Mushroom Farms Targeted in Half Moon Bay Shootings | KQED

"Once an employer provides a worker housing, the worker becomes dependent on them not only for their wages but for their housing security and the security of their families," Rice said.A spokesperson for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health - also known as Cal/OSHA - and the state Labor Commissioner's office, which investigates wage theft complaints, said the state's inspection will "ensure that employees are being afforded all the protections of California labor laws."
The Sacramento Bee
1 year ago
California

Overtime law was supposed to help these California workers. Many make less money now

FILE - As a 2016 California law requiring agricultural employers to pay overtime continues to roll out in 2023, farmworkers and employers alike say the policy is costing them money.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) AP
As a 2016 California law requiring agricultural employers to pay overtime continues to roll out in 2023, farmworkers and employers alike say the policy is costing them money.
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Los Angeles Times
1 month ago
Los Angeles

California lawmakers blast state's workplace safety agency over 'dangerous' farmworker conditions

Farmworkers in California have testified about workplace safety violations including exposure to extreme heat and pesticides, wage theft, and other labor law violations.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is facing a high employee vacancy rate and understaffing, which has contributed to poor workplace safety compliance in the agriculture industry.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Gunfire as children watched: What we know about the Half Moon Bay shooting

The gunfire rang out Monday afternoon in the farms that dot the coastal hills of San Mateo County in and around Half Moon Bay.When it was over, seven people were dead at multiple agricultural locations.Then, the alleged gunman was found parked next to a Sheriff's Office substation, where he was taken into custody.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Following City Council members' racist remarks, hundreds of Oaxacans march for justice in L.A.

Los Angeles' Oaxacan community gathered under cloudy skies for a march for justice Saturday afternoon, following revelations over a leaked audio recording in which some City Council members disparaged Black and Indigenous people, among others, in starkly racist terms.
Los Angeles Times
2 years ago
Los Angeles

Marion Joseph, who changed the way California children learned to read, dies

Her critics liked to point out that she had no formal background in education.Her supporters say she changed the face of literacy education in California and beyond.
Los Angeles Times
11 months ago
California

Opinion: Don't call it a comeback: California's Tulare Lake never really went away

(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Only two centuries ago, a shallow inland sea dominated California's Central Valley.In a ring of impenetrable reeds, called tules, was Tulare Lake - then the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi River.At the end of the 19th century, newly arrived settlers began draining it to provide water for agriculture and growing cities and to defend against destructive floods.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Volunteers step up in flooded Pajaro, where many lack food, clothing - and work

Jessica Sanchez felt awful about the catastrophic flooding that displaced hundreds of people in this Monterey County farm town.She felt worse when she heard families were sleeping in their cars because some of the shelters had reached capacity and they couldn't afford hotels."I have two daughters and I can't imagine having to sleep in a car when it's cold and raining outside," said Sanchez, 34.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Flooding could turn Monterey Peninsula into an island, stranding residents for days, officials warn

All eyes will be on Monterey County on Thursday and Friday as officials warn that a new storm could cut off the Monterey Peninsula due to flooding.The Salinas River was expected to rise past flood stage at the town of Spreckels on Thursday afternoon and peak Friday evening, said Jeremy Arrich, manager of the Division of Flood Management with the California Department of Water Resources.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Tornado Touches Down In LA County, Damages Several Buildings | KQED

It was a rare sight in the LA County city of Montebello on Wednesday after a tornado ripped through the city, damaging 11 buildings.One person was injured.Latest Storms Continue To Hit Farming Communities Hard In The State
As the latest atmospheric river ravaged the state this week, some communities are left with more mess to clean up.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Salinas River Flooding Still A Threat For Monterey County Residents | KQED

The Salinas River is still at risk of flooding, but authorities now say it may not be quite as bad as they had been predicting.Several low-lying communities near the river remain under evacuation orders and warnings.Farmworkers Out Of Work Due To Storms
The intense rains so far this year have flooded farm fields across the state, forcing farmworkers to stay home -- which for most means no pay.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Newsom's $42 Million in Aid for Flooded Farmworkers Is Actually Old COVID Funding | KQED

At a press conference in the flood-stricken Monterey County town of Pajaro on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom talked up a plan, paid for by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and managed by United Way, to provide financial aid to farmworkers affected by floods and recent winter storms."There's not a state in America, not one state, no other state that does more for farmworkers than the state of California," Newsom said.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Floods fill some of California's summer strawberry fields

As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate as their homes were flooded and businesses destroyed.Yet another potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California: hundreds of acres of fresh strawberries slated for America's supermarket shelves this summer.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Spain news

Remains of anti-Franco activist who died in 1973 recovered in Catalonia

Forensic experts in Catalonia have recovered and identified the remains of a young anti-Franco activist, communist and trade unionist who died in 1973 after being forced to drink sulphuric acid during a police interrogation.Cipriano Martos, who was born to a family of farmworkers in Granada in 1942, was a member of both the Spanish communist party and the Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front (Frap), a far-left group committed to overthrowing the Franco regime that went on to murder six Spanish policemen in the mid-1970s.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Congress expands protections for pregnant and nursing workers

The PUMP Act expands on legally protected breaks for workers who are nursing babies.(iStock)Tucked in the $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government that Congress passed last week are two key provisions aimed at protecting pregnant and nursing workers.The first measure, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, requires that employers provide pregnant workers with reasonable accommodations, such as access to water, increased bathroom breaks and restrictions on lifting heavy objects.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Battered by Floods and Trapped in Debt, Pakistani Farmers Struggle to Survive

The recent flooding has plunged small farmers in sharecropping arrangements further into debt with their landlords - a cycle that has worsened as extreme weather events become increasingly common.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Newsom skipped meeting with UFW leaders. Now he should sign California's farmworker union bill

In 1966, Gov. Pat Brown made a politically tone-deaf mistake with Cesar Chavez's farmworkers union.This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom repeated the goof.Brown redeemed himself.Newsom probably won't.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

Farmworkers Stage 24-Hour Vigils Throughout California for Union Vote Bill

Farmworkers endured a grueling 24-day, 335-mile march from Delano to Sacramento to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would give farmworkers the option to vote to unionize by mail.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Rediscovering the L.A. Times' investigative reporting from 2022

Investigative journalism requires a commitment to asking tough questions of powerful people.It requires a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom and question our own assumptions.Most of all, it requires time and a zeal to get at the truth.This past year, journalists at the Los Angeles Times dug deep to uncover stories no one else was telling.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Rep. David Valadao wins reelection in endangered Central Valley congressional seat

Central Valley Republican Rep. David Valadao, whose vote to impeach President Trump nearly sank his campaign in the primary, will return to Congress next year, after defeating Democratic state Assemblyman Rudy Salas.The Associated Press called the race Monday, though official results will take longer.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

Oakland Pitmaster Matt Horn Under Scrutiny Again for Legal Drama. Here's What to Know.

It's been just over a week since news broke that working conditions at Matt Horn's flagship restaurant, Horn Barbecue, fell under scrutiny from past and current employees.
The Sacramento Bee
1 year ago
California

Central Valley agriculture could see big changes from California farmworker union bill

California's San Joaquin Valley could see the greatest impact from a law meant to make it easier for farmworkers to vote in union elections, a regional labor expert said.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Heat Wave Continues Across California | KQED

The statewide heat wave continued on Tuesday as records were broken across California, with much of the state once again facing triple digit temperatures.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden Endorses California Bill That Would Make Unionizing Easier for Farmworkers

Labor organizers in California and across the country welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's " unexpected and powerful" endorsementof the state's pending legislation to make it easier for farmworkers to unionize - a bill that's sitting on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | A Job Market Anomaly Begins to Correct

Today's jobs report made clear that despite rising interest rates and incessant recession talk, American businesses are still hiring.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Farmworkers' 24-Day March Culminates in Sacramento, Pressuring Newsom to Sign Union Bill | KQED

Thousands of farmworkers and their allies finished a march to California's Capitol in Sacramento on Friday, completing the last leg of a 24-day journey which began 350 miles away in Delano.
Funcheap
1 year ago
Mission District

SF's Latinx "Somos Esenciales" 24th Street Festival (Mission)

JUNE 2022 Theme:
Acción Latina Presents:
PASEO ARTISTICO: "SOMOS ESENCIALES"
CELEBRATING LATINX ESSENTIAL WORKERS & LABOR
Saturday June 18, 2022
12:00pm-6:00pm
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

In Unionizing Effort, Gresham Cannabis Workers Face Roadblocks Familiar to Ag Industry

On May 2, the staff at the CBN Holdings cannabis grow facility in Gresham walked off the job.They've been on strike since.
KQED
1 year ago
California

'Why Can't We Have the Same Rights?': Farmworkers Ask Newsom to Sign Bill Allowing Union Voting by Mail | KQED

Agriculture grower associations opposed the bill, and the California Chamber of Commerce included the legislation on its "job killer" list.
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