https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7ezk4/farmworkers-endure-brutal-conditions-during-historic-heat-wave

The Pacific Northwest—known for its abundant rainfall, gloomy skies, and mild seasons—is not prepared for extreme heat waves like the ongoing 'heat dome.' Roads are melting. Homes don't have cooling technology. Public transit is down. 

Perhaps no one is bearing greater exposure to this heat wave than the region's agricultural workers who are scrambling to harvest the region's cherries and blueberries before they shrivel up and die because of the heat. These workers are not guaranteed many basic labor rights and protections offered to workers in other industries.