Governor's Rules to Protect Workers From Intense Heat - By Robert Sallday and Nancy Vogel, Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO -- Standing with the family of a farmworker killed by heatstroke in a Central Valley field, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced that his administration would issue emergency orders requiring rest breaks and shade for laborers in the piercing valley heat.
The regulations mark the first significant rules protecting California farmworkers, construction crews, roofers, landscapers and others from heat-related illness and death.