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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Gebbers Farms in the state of Washington has been fined over $2 million for "egregious willful violations" of <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> health orders.</li><li>Over the summer, two migrant workers at the farm died from the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>.</li><li>"COVID-19 is a known workplace hazard, and we expect businesses in <keyword id="1607792" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="washington-state">Washington state</keyword> to follow the requirements," a Washington official told Business Insider. "They did not. That's the short of it."</li><li>"These people were not disposable," Elizabeth Strater, a <keyword id="1581674" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFW">UFW</keyword> organizer, told Business Insider. "Gebbers Farms should be held accountable for every worker who was sickened or killed in those camps."</li></ul>Gebbers Farms boasts that it has some of the world's freshest apples. But, according to the state of Washington, it also has some of the most willfully negligent leadership: Two of its workers dying of COVID-19 while the company defied health orders intended to arrest the spread of the coronavirus.Following a months-long investigation, Washington's Department of Labor &amp; Industries announced Monday that it was assessing one of the largest workplace safety fines in its history: $2,038,200.Like many farms in America, Gebbers relies on a largely immigrant workforce; people, mostly from Central America, who enter the country on a temporary, H-2A visa and are tied to the employer that has invited them - a setup that strictly curtails the ability of workers to vote with their feet and leave an abusive workplace.In April, advocates for those workers <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unions-sue-washington-state-over-farm-worker-treatment-during-pandemic-2020-4">sued the state</a>, demanding that it issue emergency rules - not just voluntary recommendations - requiring masks and social distancing both in the fields and in the company-provided dormitories where employees sleep. Weeks later, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-issues-emergency-rule-to-protect-farm-workers-from-coronavirus-2020-5">it did just that</a>.<h2>But, officials say, Gebbers refused to abide by the new regulations.</h2>"This farm clearly understood the steps they were required to take to keep workers safe," L&amp;I Director Joel Sacks said Monday. However, "Gebbers made it very apparent to investigators they had no intention of following the rules as written regarding temporary agricultural worker housing and transportation."On its website, CEO Cass Gebbers appears to shift responsibility to employees for the company's poor compliance with public health edicts. "We provide education materials to our team members, but our workers are the ones who read and follow them," he wrote. "We develop a cohort program to limit COVID spread, but it is our guest workers who must live, recreate, and work with only those in their cohort."The post acknowledges "the scores of people who have died during this pandemic." Two of them - a 37-year-old from Mexico and a 63-year-old from Jamaica - worked at the farm itself.The company did not respond to a request for comment. It has 15 days to appeal the penalty.According to the state, that's how the investigation began. In July, investigators fielded calls from workers at Gebbers Farm, one stating that a coworker had died but that those who slept in the same cabin were neither tested nor segregated from others; another caller feared that hundreds had been infected.Despite state rules, investigators who looked around the farm itself found that hundreds of workers were sleeping in bunk beds with an inadequate distance between them; they were also not remaining in their 15-worker "cohorts," a policy intended to limit outbreaks."Gebbers continually failed to comply, even after the first worker died and our repeated presence at the farm, clearly demonstrating a lack of regard for worker safety and health," Anne Soiza, assistant director at the state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, said Monday.Overall, the state said it uncovered two dozen "egregious willful violations" at Gebbers, split evenly between violations over housing and transportation, Tim Church, director of communications at L&amp;I, told Business Insider. The violations occurred over a 12-day period in July, he said, from when the company was told what it must do to be in compliance to the day that it finally did so."COVID-19 is a known workplace hazard, and we expect businesses in Washington state to follow the requirements," Church told Business Insider. "They did not. That's the short of it."United <keyword id="421559" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="farm-workers">Farm Workers</keyword>, one of the labor unions that sued to pressure Washington into issuing the coronavirus regulations, heralded the $2 million fine leveled against the company."These people were not disposable," Elizabeth Strater, a UFW organizer, told Business Insider. "Gebbers Farms should be held accountable for every worker who was sickened or killed in those camps."Have a news tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>

Apple farm hit with $2 million fine after migrant workers die of COVID-19

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="5479435" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="United-Farm-Workers">United Farm Workers</keyword> union is suing the Trump administration over a decision it says will slash wages for agricultural <keyword id="6277896" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="guest-workers">guest workers</keyword> and US citizens alike.</li><li>In September, the US Department of <keyword id="6355165" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="agriculture">Agriculture</keyword> said it would no longer conduct a wage survey of farm workers, data used to calculate the pay for over 200,000 farm workers on <keyword id="2083319" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="H-2A">H-2A</keyword> visas.</li><li>Without the survey, critics fear farm workers could be paid as little as $7.25 an hour in some states.</li></ul>Organized labor is suing the Trump administration over a recent regulatory decision that worker advocates and policy experts believe is the first step in slashing wages for those employed in the agriculture industry.In a complaint filed on Tuesday, first reported by Business Insider, the United Farm Workers (<keyword id="1581674" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFW">UFW</keyword>) union and its nonprofit advocacy arm, the UFW Foundation, allege that the US Department of Agriculture broke federal <keyword id="6355470" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="law">law</keyword> when it abruptly announced in September that it was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-move-could-slash-wages-for-farm-workers-2020-9">eliminating the Farm Labor Survey</a>.The survey is used to calculate the base pay for more than 200,000 migrant farm workers in the US on H-2A visas, known as the Adverse Effect Wage Rate. Eliminating it for the first time since 1933, just as it was about to be conducted this October, means it cannot be used to set the rate for 2021, "a major departure in established US agricultural policy that would hurt farmers, their employees, and consumers," according to the lawsuit.Without the survey, farm workers, deemed an essential labor force during the COVID-19 pandemic, could be paid as little as the federal minimum wage, which can be as low as $7.25 an hour — they are generally unable to organize and agitate for more, stuck with the employer who sponsored them — a decrease in pay amounting to thousands of dollars a season.The US Department of Labor could devise a new method for calculating wages, but that would require a separate rulemaking process that could drag on for months. It has given no indication that it intends to do so.Migrant workers are not the only ones who could be hurting. Under federal law, H-2A employers cannot pay any US citizen more than the minimum wage called for under the visa program. "How can Trump justify slashing pay for all farm workers in the US, which means cutting wages by up to a quarter or a half in some states?" United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero told Business Insider. "It's egregious. Trump will personally benefit from the policy change by paying less to workers at his Virginia vineyards," she said, referring to the US president's 1,300 acre estate in Charlottesville.In the complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California, UFW's lawyers argue that <keyword id="134457" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="USDA">USDA</keyword> violated federal law by announcing its decision without considering the impact on farm worker wages, failing to justify the move, and declining to provide an opportunity for public comment for going ahead with it.UFW is asking the court to force the USDA to conduct its quarterly labor survey this month, as originally scheduled."This move corrupts a fundamental principle of the H-2A agricultural guest worker program by making it impossible to protect American domestic workers from wage suppression," Elizabeth Strater, a UFW organizer, said, noting that those workers will be competing with a labor pool "with far fewer legal rights."Workers who obtain such visas enjoy strictly curtailed liberties; targeting their wages may be seen as a safe political move, lowering costs for their employers while obscuring the harm to citizens and permanent residents."This will have ripple effects across the whole country," she added.USDA did not respond to a request for comment.Have a <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>

Trump administration sued over decision that critics say would slash wages for more than 200,000 farm workers

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="5479435" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="United-Farm-Workers">United Farm Workers</keyword>, a labor union that represents thousands of employees in agriculture, is endorsing <keyword id="99719" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Joe-Biden">Joe Biden</keyword> for president.</li><li>"Elections matter," <keyword id="1581674" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFW">UFW</keyword> President Teresa Romero said in a statement on Wednesday. "We need leadership that respects the roles and contributions of all Americans."</li><li>In its endorsement of Biden, the union says the former vice president would protect Dreamers and work to extend overtime pay to farmworkers.</li></ul>The United Farm Workers labor union is endorsing Joe Biden's run for the White House, arguing that a Biden presidency would protect hundreds of thousands of immigrants currently at risk of deportation."Elections matter," UFW President Teresa Romero said in a statement on Wednesday. "We need leadership that respects the roles and contributions of all Americans and values those who feed us instead of the current leadership that seeks to lower farm worker wages and dehumanize them."UFW, which gained prominence in the 1960s under the leadership of Dolores Huerta and César Chávez, is the nation's largest farm worker union. It endorsed another Democrat, Hillary Clinton, in 2016 and boasts of members in key swing states, such as Arizona, Florida, Michigan, and Wisconsin."Many farmworkers are in a position to vote, and they really feel obligated to vote on behalf of those who can't," Elizabeth Strater, UFW's director of alternative organizing, told Business Insider. She said the union could play a key role in mobilizing Latino voters, citing its experience organizing immigrant laborers and appealing to general consumers alike to achieve workplace victories."In 2020, real 'Latino outreach' isn't just translating messaging into Spanish," Strater said. "We've grown up together, these voters and our movement."In its endorsement of Biden, the union says the former vice president would protect Dreamers: undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and currently face the prospect of deportation under President Donald Trump.Biden would also work with Congress to extend overtime pay to farmworkers and ensure that those who are exposed to the coronavirus receive paid leave and sick pay, the union said.Have a <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>

'Elections matter': Biden receives endorsement from United Farm Workers, which represents thousands of employees in agriculture

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with union leaders on Monday in California.</li><li>Harris will meet with United Farm Workers and dial in to a Unite Here get out the vote call.</li></ul>Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with union leaders on Monday to discuss the Biden administration's continued support for workers, according to a White House official.Harris, who has her own <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kamala-harris-labor-movement/">union and activism roots</a>, has emerged as one of several high-level members of the Biden administration on the frontlines of meeting with workers and supporting the resurgent labor movement.Harris will meet with leaders from United Farm Workers in Los Angeles, along with joining a Unite Here call focused on turning out the vote in swing states like Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.UFW recently staged a 24-day long march in an effort to get California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign onto legislation that would ease the process for farm workers to unionize. Newsom eventually signed on to an <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/gavin-newsom-signs-farmworkers-union-bill-now-what/41455353#">amended version of the bill</a>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unite-here-unions-members-out-of-work-coronavirus-2020-4">Unite Here</a> represents service workers across restaurants, hotels, and other leisure and hospitality businesses.Harris has hit the road ahead of the midterms, bolstering <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/politics/kamala-harris-midterms-closing/index.html">mostly female candidates and focusing on reproductive rights</a> as Democrats pull out all of their stops to try and fend off a potential red wave. Along the way, according to a White House official, she is prioritizing meeting with local labor leaders.Harris <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-union-task-force-white-house-200-billion-wages-2021-5">chairs</a> the Biden administration's task force on strengthening unions and union membership. In May, Harris — along with co-chair Marty Walsh, Biden's Secretary of Labor — <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-harris-walsh-meet-amazon-starbucks-union-workers-white-house-2022-5">welcomed</a> union organizers from the likes of Starbucks and Amazon to the White House. The president made an appearance at that event, which Alex Speidel, a lead organizer with United Paizo Workers/CWA, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-harris-walsh-meet-amazon-starbucks-union-workers-white-house-2022-5">told Insider</a> was "an unbelievable surprise."The Biden administration has made clear its intentions to embrace organized labor. One of Biden's first actions in office was to dismiss Peter Robb, the Trump-appointed general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. Instead, Biden <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-abruzzo-biden-labor-lawyer-end-captive-audience-meetings-unions-2022-4">installed Jennifer Abruzzo</a>, an NLRB veteran who had been serving as a union-side lawyer for the Communication Workers of America. Abruzzo has already made her mark on the agency, working towards ending the practice of mandatory anti-union meetings. Petitions for union representation are up 58% in the first 9 months of fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021, according to the <a href="https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/correction-first-three-quarters-union-election-petitions-up-58-exceeding">NLRB</a>."President Joe Biden and I are determined to lead the most pro-union administration in America's history," Harris said in <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/04/12/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-administrations-historic-commitment-to-worker-organizing-and-empowerment/">April remarks</a>. "Unions negotiate better wages and safer working conditions for millions of workers around our country." Organized labor has emerged as a rare issue that Americans seem to largely be on board with. Unions are at their <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/labor-union-approval-hasnt-been-this-high-since-1965-2022-8">highest approval level</a> since 1965, according to Gallup, with 71% of Americans approving of them. That comes as Americans' confidence in everything from religion to Congress <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-have-lost-confidence-in-government-religion-but-not-unions-2022-7">have wavered</a>. Another <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/394283/confidence-institutions-down-average-new-low.aspx">Gallup poll from June</a> surveyed Americans about their confidence in 16 major institutions, including the presidency and the Supreme Court. Only organized labor did not see a drop in confidence from the year prior. Now, as Democrats head into the uncertain midterms the administration is again turning towards organized labor.Harris "has been focused on reaching women, young people, and communities of color," a White House official said. "There's an inherent link to labor unions and the members that compose those unions, and just the critical importance of this moment to recognize what's at stake in this election and the progress that the administration has made, but that we need to continue to build on."

Vice President Harris is wrapping up her midterm campaign push by meeting with union leaders a day before the elections

<ul class="summary-list"><li>As the climate has heated up, deaths from extreme temperatures have increased.</li><li>A federal heat standard could require employers to provide more and better air conditioning.</li><li>Biden's announcement comes after he was urged to act by unions and Democratic lawmakers.</li></ul>The <keyword id="11908406" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="biden-administration" source="Orion">Biden administration</keyword> announced Monday that it is beginning work on a new workplace regulation to address safety during <keyword id="12137269" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="extreme-heat" source="Orion">extreme heat</keyword> events, a process that will likely take years to move through the slow-churning federal bureaucracy, but could eventually impact millions of people who must work in increasingly high temperatures.In practical terms, a federal heat workplace standard - as sought for years now by organized <keyword id="11910050" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="labor" source="Orion">labor</keyword> and Democratic legislators - could change day-to-day life for people who work not just outside, on farms and on construction sites, but in warehouses shipping goods for online shoppers. Employers could be required to offer more shade and more air conditioning, as well as additional breaks and opportunities to hydrate.Since 2010, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1026154042/hundreds-of-workers-have-died-from-heat-in-the-last-decade-and-its-getting-worse">at least 384 people</a> have died from extreme heat exposure on the job, according to a recent report by NPR and Columbia Journalism Investigations. Over the past 30 years, the rate of heat-related worker deaths has doubled.It's only getting worse. This summer was the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/us-just-hottest-summer-record-rcna1957">hottest on record</a>, and it was lethal. At a farm in Oregon, Sebastian Francisco Perez, a 38-year-old migrant worker who had just come from Guatemala, <a href="https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2021/07/08/621527.htm">was found lying in a field, motionless</a>, at the end of his shift. It was 107 degrees that day.Despite the rising death toll, there is currently no federal regulation that deals specifically with threats to worker safety posed by heat. In October, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will initiate a process that aims to change that. "Rising temperatures pose an imminent threat to millions of American workers exposed to the elements," President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/20/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-mobilizing-the-administration-to-address-extreme-heat/">said in a statement</a> announcing an "all-of-government effort to protect workers" and others from extreme heat.At OSHA, that means accepting public comment on the standards it ought to impose on employers, such as what steps they should take to acclimate workers to heat and monitor their exposure.Elizabeth Strater, an organizer with <keyword id="12137271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-farm-workers" source="Orion">United Farm Workers</keyword>, welcomed the news. But she cautioned that it "could be years until meaningful protections are in place." UFW has been calling on state and federal leaders to take immediate, emergency action.People "are out there working and dying in the heat, right now," she said.<div type="image" title="Person holding phone showing photo of deceased worker." height="2010" width="4020" msid="86380280" hostid="261"></div><h2>Rules could impact indoor workplaces, too</h2>It's not just those working outside who could be impacted by federal efforts. In an August letter to the US Department of Labor, a dozen Democratic senators noted that workers at Amazon warehouses had complained of intense heat and a lack of cooling fans. At a fulfillment center in Seattle this past summer, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-warehouse-workers-heatwave-seattle-washington-kent-temperature-power-hour-2021-6">one worker claimed</a> the indoor temperature was around 90 degrees.Sen. Alex Padilla, a Democrat from California, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, earlier this year introduced legislation calling for a federal heat standard, naming it after a farm worker, Asunción Valdivia, who collapsed after working in 105-degree heat - his employer refusing to call an ambulance. That's the sort of incident that could be addressed by a federal requirement to monitor <keyword id="6357081" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="employees" source="Orion">employees</keyword>' for heat-related illnesses.Padilla, in a statement to Insider, said he was happy to see the administration act."We must address the rising health risks of extreme heat in the workplace - particularly for low-income communities and communities of color who are bearing the brunt of this climate crisis," he said.Have a news tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>

New rules addressing extreme heat could mean better air-conditioning and more breaks for millions of workers

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Between 2011 and 2019, at least 344 workers in the US died from exposure to <keyword id="12137269" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="extreme-heat" source="Orion">extreme heat</keyword>.</li><li>The Biden administration is drafting a regulation to address the threat of heat at the workplace.</li></ul>Labor advocates are urging Western states ravaged by heat waves and wildfires to act in concert to develop better protections for workers, arguing that a changing climate - and <a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/weather-climate">increasingly common extreme weather</a> - demands a unified response.The initiative, led by the <keyword id="12137271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-farm-workers" source="Orion">United Farm Workers</keyword>, calls on the Democratic governors of <keyword id="11892889" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="california" source="Orion">California</keyword>, <keyword id="11946286" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oregon" source="Orion">Oregon</keyword>, and <keyword id="11900133" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="washington" source="Orion">Washington</keyword> to "adopt consistent heat and wildfire smoke protection standards" to ensure that a largely immigrant workforce is not forced to navigate a patchwork of regulation.Signed by more than 185 immigrant, worker, and environmental advocates, a letter - <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21094746-western-pact-on-heat-stress-and-smoke-letter-draftdocx?responsive=1&amp;title=1le=1">obtained by Insider</a> and set to be delivered to the governors on Friday - argues this "Western States Pact" would prevent a race to the bottom and help ensure workers' lives are centered in the federal debate over heat and workplace safety.The effort, which has been accompanied by informal staff lobbying in the respective governors' offices, comes after the Biden administration in September <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-worker-rights-and-protections-heat-waves-climate-crisis-2021-9">signaled that</a> it would begin developing a federal regulation aimed at providing millions of workers better protections from extreme heat, whether they work in the field or factory. That rule-making process formally began on Tuesday, per <a href="https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/10262021">an announcement</a> from the US <keyword id="12011978" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="department-of-labor" source="Orion">Department of Labor</keyword>.But it could be years before any new federal regulation actually comes into effect. And what that regulation ultimately looks like will be greatly informed by the actions of states in the "liberal" West - with their own rules, which are still evolving, more likely to serve as the ceiling than the floor.<h2>'These are human lives. They are not tools.'</h2>Between 2011 and 2019, at least 344 workers in the US died from exposure to extreme heat, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/43-work-related-deaths-due-to-environmental-heat-exposure-in-2019.htm">according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>.Those who work in agriculture - an essential but largely out-of-sight workforce - are particularly at risk due to the nature of their job, and the fact that it doesn't stop when others would.Overall, this largely migrant pool of laborers is far more likely to die on the job than the average worker in the US. According to one study, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-06-18/supply-chains-latest-workers-critical-to-u-s-fruit-supplies-face-heat-danger">reported by Bloomberg</a>, they are 35 times as likely to die from heat.<div type="image" title="A man wipes sweat from his face in sweltering heat." height="3179" width="4769" msid="87346395" hostid="261"></div>"Heat deaths are particularly enraging because they're entirely preventable," Elizabeth Strater, an organizer with UFW, told Insider.Indeed, it's no mystery what workers, like all human beings, need to survive: cool drinking water, rest, and shade - as well as the ability to spot the signs of a heat-related illness. Regulators, she said, need only recognize this and require employers to provide it."These are human lives," Strater said. "They are not tools."Currently, however, farm workers are often expected to be almost superhuman. In the state of Washington, emergency regulations <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-releases-new-heat-rules-to-increase-protections-for-outdoor-workers/">issued last July</a> called on employers to provide workers shade and breaks - but only when temperatures breached 100 degrees Fahrenheit. In <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/equity-lab/article252933498.html">California</a>, where workers are more acclimated to high temperatures, it's <a href="https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/etools/08-006/EWP_shade.htm">95</a>.Neither standard would have necessarily saved the life of Florencio Gueta Vargas. A 69-year-old father of six from Mexico, he died two weeks after Washington's emergency rule was unveiled, "found by his tractor after working a shift in temperatures that his employer said were in the low 90s," <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/the-heat-is-rising-and-so-is-the-danger-to-farmworkers-we-can-do-something-about-it/?utm_source=pocket_mylist">The Seattle Times reported</a>.Higher temperatures are not the only climactic threat to farm workers. California, Oregon, and Washington saw <a href="https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/statistics">five times the fire damage</a> from 2016 to 2020, the letter says. Even when areas are on fire, farm workers - bound by their visas to work for a single employer - are sometimes asked to stay behind.Last year, while parts of California's Sonoma County were subject to a mandatory evacuation order, workers headed to the exclusion zone <a href="https://bohemian.com/sonoma-county-evacuation-zone-waiver-program-sparks-labor-concerns-1/">to harvest grapes</a>.And when fires blaze, air quality suffers. Among worker advocates' demands is that Western states make employers provide N95 respirators and protective eyewear, along with the shade and drinking water. They are also calling for workers to be able to report violations through a smartphone app without fear of employer retaliation."We're setting the expectation now, at the state and federal level, that there is really only one question that needs to be asked," Strater said. "What does it take to protect the lives and the health of farm workers?"Have a <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>

Extreme temperatures are killing farm workers - and it's 'entirely preventable,' labor advocates say. They want Democratic governors to do something about it.

<keyword id="749203" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Urban-Outfitters">Urban Outfitters</keyword> just pulled a shirt that bears a strong resemblance to the United Farm Worker's <keyword id="58848" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="logo">logo</keyword>. 
UFW said it sent Urban a cease-and-desist letter after noticing the shirt, according to the group's Twitter page:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<a href="https://twitter.com/votolatino">@votolatino</a> UFW attorneys sent a Cease &amp; Desist letter to Urban Outfitters &amp; they told us they are removing shirt from stores &amp; website
— United Farm Workers (@UFWupdates) <a href="https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/statuses/364530500339105792">August 5, 2013</a></blockquote>

Here's the shirt in question. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/urban-outfitters-united-farm-workers_n_3710053.html">Huffington Post</a> got a screen grab before it was removed:
<div class="image-container" style="width:600px"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/urban-outfitters-united-farm-workers_n_3710053.html?utm_hp_ref=tw">Huffington Post </a></div></div> 
And here's the UFW logo: 
<div class="image-container" style="width:600px"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.library.sfsu.edu/exhibits/cultivating/images/picture1.jpg">sfsu.edu</a></div></div>
Urban Outfitters' sister store Anthropologie was recently criticized for allegedly copying an independent artist's design on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/anthropologie-iphone-case-looks-like-art-2013-8">an iPhone case</a>.

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