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Andrew Nixon/CapRadioCalifornia has experienced an unseasonable stretch of warm March weather, breaking temperature records across the state. The early heat wave raises questions about whether state rules put in place to protect agricultural workers from extreme heat are working. -
Rahul Lal/CalMattersCalifornia became the first state to create César Chávez Day 26 years ago. Now it’s leading the effort to erase his name from the state holiday.
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The Trump administration handed down a rule that would cut the minimum wage for immigrants with H-2A visas, including farm workers. -
Leaders up and down California, many of whom were personally inspired by his life’s work, are grappling with multiple allegations of sexual assault by César Chávez. -
Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation. -
A federal program that helps young people from migrant families attend college abruptly halted this year after the Trump administration eliminated funding for migrant education. -
Foreign seasonal workers that come to work at Pacific Northwest farms will soon earn less in hourly wages. -
Some farmworkers say they’re making less money, not more. And growers say they can’t afford to pay the overtime. -
Nearly a third of Cal/OSHA positions were vacant last year. A new state audit found that caused the agency to skip in-person inspections, even when workers were injured. -
A week after two Oregon wine industry workers were arrested by federal immigration officials, the state’s largest agriculture group is speaking up about the connection between farms and immigrants. -
Oregon officials are adopting significant updates to farmworker housing. Farmworker advocates say the rules don’t address all of their concerns, while farmers say they can’t afford the changes. -
Some farmworker advocates say many farms can afford to pay workers more, and worry employers could avoid accountability. -
Farmworker advocates, health experts say more robust monitoring needed to prevent spread of illness -
Oregon farmworkers, many of them immigrants, face a housing market that is fraught with substandard living conditions or is financially out of reach.
