It's happened again. Farm worker Ramiro Carrillo Rodriguez had died of heatstroke

Dear friends,

I rarely initiate an email like this, but this situation is critical. Another farm worker has died of heatstroke this summer. Please help by e-mailing Gov. Schwarzenegger today. I did today, and the UFW system is very easy to use.

Ramiro Carrillo Rodriguez, 48, father of two, died in Selma, CA on Thursday afternoon, July 10, 2008 after working all day for Sun Valley Packing in Reedley thru a farm labor contractor. Ramiro had complained being sick from the heat. He was taken home by his foreman, and he passed out almost as soon as he got in the house. By the time an ambulance got there he was dead. He leaves behind two children ages 13 and 16.

Ramiro's death makes two farm workers dying of heatstroke last week, four farm worker heat deaths in the last 8 weeks and the 13th farm worker heat death since CA Governor Schwarzenegger took office. Something needs to be done immediately to prevent more needless deaths. Please help.

By clicking below you'll send a fax to California Gov. Schwarzenegger (if you live in California, a cc of your e-mail will also go to your legislators) and tell them this has to stop now.

Governor Schwarzenegger attended on the funeral of the 17-year old farmworkers who died of heatstroke earlier this summer, and said he would do everything possible to prevent this from happening again. With the recent deaths of Ramiro Carrillo, Abdon Felix Garcia and Jose Hernandez it is clear the state does not have the capacity to protect farm workers.

As California's summer sizzles we must do everything we can to insure that no more farm workers fall victim to the heat because the laws written to protect them are not enforced. Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez has introduced legislation which has moved out of the assembly and which is now in the state senate. It will make it easier for farm workers to organize and enforce the laws that the state cannot enforce.

Please take action immediately and click below to fax California Gov. Schwarzenegger (if you live in California, a cc of your message will also be e-mailed to your legislators) and tell them something needs to be done NOW. It's time to put a law in place that will allow farm workers to protect themselves!

Thank you for considering this request.
Hank Herrera, Food First Trustee

To take action go to:
http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/heatdeath13?rk=E1avKVEqcQg0W