agriculture

How Heirs’ Property fueled 90 percent decline in Black-owned farmland

March 24, 2022 By Jennifer Fahy

Black farmland ownership, which peaked in 1910 at 16 to 19 million acres, has decreased to less than 3 million acres today, and Black farmers represent just over 1% of all U.S. farmers.

Indian farmers score victory as Modi retreats on pro-corporate farm laws

November 19, 2021 By Ben Chacko

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) said: “The farmers have taught the Modi government a lesson it should not forget. Dictatorship in India does not work.”

John Deere UAW members vote down second tentative pact

November 4, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Union members, determined to play the decisive role in deciding what is acceptable to them, send their leaders back for a third try.

John Deere UAW members to vote Nov. 2 on tentative pact

November 1, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

They say they will keep walking the picket lines until the results of their ratification vote are all in.

Miles de trabajadores de John Deere huelga el gigante agrícola

October 21, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

DES MOINES, Iowa — La intransigencia de la compañía por cambiar un mal ambiente de trabajo y la negativa a dar a los trabajadores un salario decente — más ninguna pensión para los nuevos empleados —...