California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

CRLA, in coordination with California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF), formed the Agricultural Worker Health Project (AWHP). AWHP monitors and improves the health and safety of farm workers in the fields and in their homes. AWHP conducts hundreds of inspections each year and works with state agencies to enforce state laws designed to protect farm workers. AWHP goes one step further by monitoring state agencies to ensure that they are providing adequate protection to workers. Some of the issues which AWHP addresses are: pesticides, driverless tractors, unsafe or unhealthy work conditions, heat illness, lack of safety training or equipment, and sexual harassment. For more information on AWHP visit the AWHP website or contact Project Director Michael Marsh at mmarsh@crla.org.