• Título: FARMWORKER TRANSPORTATION.
• Invitado: Martha Guzmán
• Invitados Adicionales: Gus Banda, Jesús Estrada, Marivel Gómez
• Conductor: Samuel Orozco
• Fecha: MONDAY, AUGUST 10. 2009.
• Descripción: FARMWORKER TRANSPORTATION. Ten years ago, 13 tomato pickers were killed in a crash in California's Fresno County. As a result of the accident, California became the first state to ban wooden bench seating on farmworker vans and required seatbelts on farmw
• Género: News
• Ubicación: San Francisco, CA
• Program Number: 5857
• Productor: Samuel Orozco
• Número del Programa: 5857
• Editor: Radio Bilingüe
• Derechos: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
• Asunto: Politics
• Año: 2009
• Nombre del Programa: la_090810.mp3
• Duración: 59:02 minutes (54.07 MB)
• Formato: Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

FARMWORKER TRANSPORTATION. Ten years ago, 13 tomato pickers were killed in a crash in California's Fresno County. As a result of the accident, California became the first state to ban wooden bench seating on farmworker vans and required seatbelts on farmworker transportation vehicles. This edition looks into additional legislation, including a farmworker transportation program that started in California's Central Valley and is now being considered for national legislation.

Guests:

Martha Guzmán, Legislative Advocate, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF), Sacramento, CA, www.crlaf.org

Gus Banda, Transportation Coordinator, Kings County Agricultural Industries Transportation Services (AITS), Vanpool Program, Fresno, CA, http://aitsvp.com

Jesús Estrada, farmworker transportation advocate, Santa María, CA

Marivel Gómez, Legislative Aide, Sen. Lois Wolk (D-CA 5th District), Sacramento, CA, http://dist05.casen.govoffice.com