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HISTORICAL FACTS: It s hot for farmworkers without federal heat protections it could be life or death | History Defined

United Farmer Workers employee Lorena Abalos passes out bottles of drinking water to agriculture workers in a hops field in Washington state's Yakima Valley on June 13, 2023. (Mike Kane for NPR)

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Lorena Abalos is no stranger to the fields of Washington state. She picked cherries and blueberries under the hot summer sun here for years.

It was not just a job but a way of life. Her son Andy joined her when he turned 13.

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