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Ira Cuello-Martinez, PCUN iracuello@pcun.org, (503) 851-5774
Kate Suisman, Northwest Justice Workers Project kate@nwjp.org, 503-765-7105 Jamie Pang, Oregon Environmental Council, JamieP@OECOnline.org, (971) 353-7963
Oregon OSHA’s Emergency Heat Rules Are a Good Start to Protecting At-Risk Workers; Strong Enforcement Will be Necessary
SALEM, Ore Oregon OSHA today issued emergency rules protecting workers from climate-fueled excessive heat, following an extensive campaign by workers’ rights, environmental, and public health advocates. Governor Kate Brown directed the agency to adopt emergency rules following the tragic and preventable death of 38-year-old farmworker, Sebastian Francisco Perez. Perez died while working on a tree farm in St. Paul, Oregon during the height of last week’s heatwave. Oregon OSHA is in the process of drafting permanent rules to protect workers from exposure to both excessive heat and wildfire smoke, expected to be fi
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More than 100 people died in Oregon’s historic heatwave last week, including a Marion County farmworker named Sebastian Francisco Perez.
The 38-year-old from Guatemala died after collapsing in a field at Ernst Nursery and Farms near St. Paul.
Prior to the record-breaking hot days, farmworker advocates had urged Oregon Occupational Safety and Health to pass emergency rules they say would have better protected agricultural workers like Perez in extreme heat.
“This is something that we were all aware of and something that could’ve been prevented,” said Elizabeth Heredia, a program coordinator at CAPACES who attended a vigil for Perez.
strawberries, i didn t get to thank any of the farm workers who were working in record heat this season to deliver those strawberries. sebastian francisco, perez, a 38-year-old farm worker in oregon died last week when temperatures rose above 115 degrees in oregon. if you had watermelon on the 4th of july, you can thank samuel mario and juan who were hard at work in 105 degree weather. joining us now is democratic congressman raul ruiz of california. he is the chair of the congressional hispanic caucus, and he is also a physician. also with us, delores huerta, civil rights activist and labor leader. co-founder of the united farm workers of america with cesar chavez, and she is now and always will be my hero. let me give with you with the question of what this heat wave means for the already difficult work that farm workers are
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