This year, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Bakersfield College has been focusing on how labor and energy have historically intersected with art and literature. To further explore this, the college is inviting Sarah Wald, a professor at the University of Oregon, to speak about …
Read More »Trump administration pushes changes to farmworker visa
The Trump administration is moving ahead with an overhaul of the guest worker program that admits hundreds of thousands of temporary farm workers each year, easing access to agricultural labor … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County farmworker robbed at gunpoint, latest in string of rural-area robberies
A farmworker was robbed at gunpoint early Friday, possibly by one of the same men believed to have robbed and carjacked numerous victims this year in the Atwater-Winton area of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Madera man was victim of farmworker bus crash near Merced
A Madera man was identified as the single passenger killed last week when the bus he was riding in with other farmworkers was struck by a minivan north of Merced, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farmworker dies while operating almond harvesting machine in Huron
A 21-year-old farmworker died Thursday while operating an almond harvesting machine in Huron, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said. A farmworker contacted the sheriff’s office around 10 a.m. Thursday to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Death of fallen Merced farmworker explained
Police officials said the man told fellow farm workers he wasn’t feeling well After being brought to the hospital the 61-year-old man dies, police said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farmworker dies in field outside Merced
The man was working in a tomato field and said he didn’t feel well, authorities said He was taken to the hospital and died Monday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farmworker dies in field outside of Merced
The man was working in a tomato field and said he didn’t feel well, authorities said The was taken to the hospital and died shortly before 5 p.m. Monday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farmworker killed in motorcycle crash near Chowchilla
The man was riding a motorcycle as part of his job as a farm laborer He struck a tree and died before rescue crews got to him … Click to Continue »
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