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Will growers’ demands for wage cuts get help from the U.S. government?

January 25, 2019 By David Bacon

Some growers have signed union contracts and provided better wages and benefits in order to attract a stable workforce. Others, however, are actively seeking to hold wages down.

What the government shutdown means for farmers

January 22, 2019 By Special to People’s World

For one farmer, this day should have been a day of hope. Instead, thanks to the government shutdown, it’s another day of waiting and hoping to keep the family farm alive.

An immigrant woman takes charge of the United Farm Workers

September 20, 2018 By David Bacon

Women make up almost one-third of all agricultural laborers, but the presidents and most top leaders of the UFW have invariably been men.

What was the life of this guest worker worth?

August 17, 2018 By David Bacon

While Washington state agencies reduce farmworker pay and find employers faultless for a death in the fields, Trump and congressional Republicans back proposals to turn farmworking into permanent indentured servitude.

California farm workers finally win 25-year-old Gerawan Farms case

December 8, 2017 By David Bacon

California’s gigantic peach and grape grower, Gerawan Farms, reached the end of its legal road last week at the state Supreme Court, when justices unanimously threw out its claim that the company was not bound by...