United Farm Workers Issues Joint Statement on Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness, Fatality Prevention Act
July 10, 2019
July 10, 2019
KEENE, California, July 10 -- The United Farm Workers issued the following joint statement by President Teresa Romero and Diana Tellefson Torres, executive director of United Farm Workers Foundation, after introduction of the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act by Reps. Judy Chu, D-California and Raul M. Grijalva, D-Arizona:
"We have attended the funerals of too many farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat. In 2005, the UFW, working with repre . . .
"We have attended the funerals of too many farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat. In 2005, the UFW, working with repre . . .