Do you eat apricots? What about grapes? Or plums? Or figs? Do you drink CA wine? (link corrected)

[Omaha Steve]

http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/Heat_gov

These are just some of the crops where farm workers died harvesting crops as they labored under the hot California sun.

Are you fed up with the legislative process which fails to adequately protect workers? I know we are. Because of this, the UFW has worked hard to convince the California Legislature to pass and send two bills to Gov. Jerry Brown.

AB 2346 would let farm workers enforce state rules themselves by suing agricultural employers who repeatedly fail to comply with mandatory requirements for shade and drinking water. AB 2676 says employers must treat farm workers at least as well as animals by providing shade and water or face the same criminal penalties the law imposes when animals are denied these necessities, including possible jail time and fines.

Basic stuff, right? Not to the ag industry. They are lobbying as hard as they can to defeat these measures.

We can't assume California Gov. Jerry Brown will sign these bills. Won't you please urge the governor to do the right thing because the lives of farm workers are valuable. He has less than 6 days left to sign or veto these life-saving bills. You can help by going to http://action.ufw.org/heatsafety.

[mike_c]

1. bad link...

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[roody]

2. Knr