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Despite 20 Years of Employee Protections, Farm Workers Still Plagued by Heat

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This month marks 20 years since California implemented rules meant to protect workers from the heat amid a series of farm worker deaths. But two decades later, many employers still don't provide workers with the protections they're owed, enforcement is generally lax, climate change has brought more severe heat waves, and workers continue to die. To learn more about why this problem continues to plague farm workers in California, Juan Carlos Lara talks with LA Times reporter Jessica Garrison.

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