In the News Posted on August 6, 2008 by admin Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link In The News 12/16/2008 Los Angeles Times: Bush rewrites the rules – Last-minute changes being pushed through by the administration, such as altering H-2A visa rules, are creating disasters that Barack Obama will have to reverse beginning Jan. 20. 12/15/2008 Miami Herald: Rule changes target vulnerable workers 12/15/2008 New York Times: A Cheap Shot at Workers 12/11/2008 Sacramento Bee: Bush administration makes last-minute changes in farmworker hiring 12/10/2008 Rolling Stones: Bush’s Final F.U. – The administration is rushing to enact a host of last-minute regulations that will screw America for years to come 12/10/2008 Associated Press: Administration changes to farm worker hiring afoot 12/10/2008 McClatchy News Service: Bush considering easing rules on foreign farm workers 10/16/2008 New York Times: Settlement Will Allow Thousands of Mexican Laborers in U.S. to Collect Back Pay 09/19/2008: UFW opposes Bush Admin Changes to H2B Seasonal Non-Ag Visa Program. 08/27/2008 The WSLC, United Farm Workers Blast Effort to Pass State Guestworker Program 08/23/2008 Sacramento Bee: Legal guest workers sue contractor 08/21/2008 Complaint Filed on Behalf of H2A Workers in Sacramento, Co. 07/14/2008 USA Today: Farmers get help with workers’ visas 07/04/2008 ANH: Thai Workers To Enter U.S. Through New Immigration Program For Farmhands 06/05/2008 Ag Talk: United Farm Workers Union sets up guest worker program 05/14/2008 Yakima Herald: Guest worker program gains popularity but could lead to discord 05/13/2008 Wenatchee World: Farmworkers union complains about Mathison orchard 05/05/2008 Denver Post, Politics West: Migrant farmworker bill on its way to Ritter 04/29/2008 Sacramento Bee: U.S. push to get more farmworkers in visa plan draws criticism 04/29/2008 Associated Press: Union and states try recruiting farm workers from Mexico 04/24/2008: California Catholic Daily: Not just a few “bad apple” employers 03/27/2008 Top Vegetable Grower Retaliates Against Worker for Speaking Up 02/06/2008 Bush Administration H2A Proposal is Nothing More Than Gutting of Existing Worker Protections 12/20/2007: CNN: Lou Dobbs’ segment on FOIA lawsuit against DOL
In the News Posted on August 6, 2008 by admin Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link In The News 12/16/2008 Los Angeles Times: Bush rewrites the rules – Last-minute changes being pushed through by the administration, such as altering H-2A visa rules, are creating disasters that Barack Obama will have to reverse beginning Jan. 20. 12/15/2008 Miami Herald: Rule changes target vulnerable workers 12/15/2008 New York Times: A Cheap Shot at Workers 12/11/2008 Sacramento Bee: Bush administration makes last-minute changes in farmworker hiring 12/10/2008 Rolling Stones: Bush’s Final F.U. – The administration is rushing to enact a host of last-minute regulations that will screw America for years to come 12/10/2008 Associated Press: Administration changes to farm worker hiring afoot 12/10/2008 McClatchy News Service: Bush considering easing rules on foreign farm workers 10/16/2008 New York Times: Settlement Will Allow Thousands of Mexican Laborers in U.S. to Collect Back Pay 09/19/2008: UFW opposes Bush Admin Changes to H2B Seasonal Non-Ag Visa Program. 08/27/2008 The WSLC, United Farm Workers Blast Effort to Pass State Guestworker Program 08/23/2008 Sacramento Bee: Legal guest workers sue contractor 08/21/2008 Complaint Filed on Behalf of H2A Workers in Sacramento, Co. 07/14/2008 USA Today: Farmers get help with workers’ visas 07/04/2008 ANH: Thai Workers To Enter U.S. Through New Immigration Program For Farmhands 06/05/2008 Ag Talk: United Farm Workers Union sets up guest worker program 05/14/2008 Yakima Herald: Guest worker program gains popularity but could lead to discord 05/13/2008 Wenatchee World: Farmworkers union complains about Mathison orchard 05/05/2008 Denver Post, Politics West: Migrant farmworker bill on its way to Ritter 04/29/2008 Sacramento Bee: U.S. push to get more farmworkers in visa plan draws criticism 04/29/2008 Associated Press: Union and states try recruiting farm workers from Mexico 04/24/2008: California Catholic Daily: Not just a few “bad apple” employers 03/27/2008 Top Vegetable Grower Retaliates Against Worker for Speaking Up 02/06/2008 Bush Administration H2A Proposal is Nothing More Than Gutting of Existing Worker Protections 12/20/2007: CNN: Lou Dobbs’ segment on FOIA lawsuit against DOL