farmworkers
Case before Supreme Court may be definitive for farmworker rights
March 23, 2021The ruling could reflect the long term effect of having right-wing Trump-appointed judges on the Court.
Read moreFarmworkers: Big California farm sickens workers, families with coronavirus
July 2, 2020Primex is only making a bad situation worse by bringing in replacement workers for its ill employees, from the outside and through labor contractors, a common tactic growers use to exploit workers in the nation’s farms...
Read moreFarmworkers are “essential” but excluded, awaiting the virus
April 1, 2020In fields and rural communities across the United States the nation's 2.5 million agricultural laborers are waiting for the shoe to drop.
Read moreUnion, advocates, growers, reps agree on residence requirements for undocumented farmworkers
November 22, 2019Growers and lawmakers have agreed on legislation to provide residence requirements – including a path to “green cards” – for undocumented farm workers and their families.
Read moreFarmworkers rise up against Trump and labor exploitation
August 12, 2019Washington State today is ground zero in the effort to hold back the massive use of agricultural guest workers by U.S. growers.
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