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About 30 people, including pastors, nuns, and volunteers from the Mexican consulate in Orlando, attended a candlelight vigil in Apopka for the eight Mexican farmworkers who died.
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In Marion County, the crash killed eight farmworkers and injured dozens as the workers were traveling in a bus to a farm in Dunnellon.
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The farmworkers were from Mexico, working on seasonal or temporary visas, and authorities have not yet released their names.
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Eight bus passengers were killed and over 40 injured Tuesday when a bus crashed on State Road 40.
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The driver of a pickup truck that crashed into the farmworker bus faces eight counts of DUI-manslaughter.
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Driver that collided with farmworker bus, killing 8 and hurting at least 40, arrested on DUI chargesAuthorities say the bus was transporting 53 farmworkers early Tuesday morning when it collided with a truck and swerved off a road in Marion County, north of Orlando. The bus crashed through a fence and ended up on its side in a field. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say Bryan Maclean Howard, the driver of the truck, faces eight counts of DUI-Manslaughter.
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Florida passed in 2023 one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, and now businesses struggle to find workers in several sectors of the economy
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The sequel to the influential documentary 'Food, Inc' — which shone a light on the country's corporate-driven food system —features the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, an organization fighting for human rights in Florida farms.
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A farmworker, advocate and member of the medical community weigh in on Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a bill that will prohibit local governments enacting laws to protect outdoor workers from extreme heat.
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Florida’s agriculture industry hopes a newly passed bill that would limit local regulations on farmworker housing will bring in more non-immigrant foreign workers.
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers implores more retailers, especially Publix, to join their program aimed at protecting workers from developing heat illness.
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Biographer Laura Tillman recounts Lalo Garcia's memories of working in the Florida fields.