May 20, 2021 @ 10:45am YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries is creating a new team aimed at improving farmworker safety. The team will work on worksite inspections, safety and outreach to farm
KXL FM 101 News: Washington State Creates New Team To Protect Farmworkers
Courier & Press: Viewpoint: Senators, keep Indiana in mind on immigration bill votes
OPINION Christie PoppViewpoint As a native Hoosier, I believe that we have much to be proud of in Indiana: our farms, our race cars, our limestone, and of course basketball. I like to think that we are unique and to celebrate
AFL-CIO Blog: Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Washington State Labor Movement Applauds Historic Farmworker Overtime Pay Law
Kenneth Quinnell May 19, 2021 Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these
TPG Online Daily: Preparing Farm Workers for the 2021 Harvest
written by See Below May 19, 2021 Spread the love By Christopher Valadez As the 2021 harvest begins in our region, many programs and systems are in place to help limit the spread of COVID-19 among farm workers and
Washington Policy: Farmworkers remain strictly subject to the mask mandate
By PAM LEWISON | BLOG May 18, 2021 Last week, the mask mandate in Washington state was dropped for anyone who is fully vaccinated. Unless you’re a farmworker. State temporary worker housing rules require farmworkers, even those who have
AL DIA News: New support groups being offered to farm workers via Zoom
The Healing Voices Project is helping farmworkers through the trauma of the past year. 6 Shares New support groups being offered to farm… 6 Shares By Tiffany RiveraMay 18, 2021 It is quite often that farmworkers in the U.S.
Chicago Sun Times: Marcos Muñoz, a top United Farm Workers organizer with Cesar Chavez, dead at 80
He never learned to read more than a few words but ended up speaking at Harvard. ‘The greatest poverty in your life is not the lack of money,’ he said. ‘It’s the lack of knowing what you are capable
Washington Policy Center: Farmworkers remain strictly subject to the mask mandate
By PAM LEWISON | May 18, 2021 BLOG Last week, the mask mandate in Washington state was dropped for anyone who is fully vaccinated. Unless you’re a farmworker. State temporary worker housing rules require farmworkers, even those who have
The Hill: Farmworker health and climate change
By Sarah Goldman and Laurie Beyranevand, opinion contributors — 05/17/21 10:30 AM EDT 35 The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill 12 Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Just In… GOP-led
OPB: Protecting workers exposed to Oregon’s heat waves and wildfire smoke
By Monica Samayoa (OPB)May 17, 2021 5 a.m. Oregon is considering ways to protect workers required to labor in extreme weather conditions, which are becoming more common in this age of climate change. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health
Beyond Pesticides: Stop EPA’s Racist Policies that Disproportionately Harm Farmworker Children’s Brains: Ban Chlorpyrifos
(Beyond Pesticides, May 17, 2021) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has less than two months to decide whether to cancel or modify its registration of the brain-damaging organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos, following a decision from a federal appeals court. The
Time: If We Really Believe Farmworkers Are Essential, We Must Protect Their Mental Health
Farmworkers wear face masks while harvesting curly mustard in a field in Ventura County, Calif. on Feb. 10, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon—AFP/Getty Images Ideas By Eva Longoria and Mónica Ramírez May 14, 2021 2:36 PM EDT Longoria is an
NBC News: Biden meets with DACA recipients at White House in continued push for immigration overhaul
The six so-called “Dreamers” work in health care, education and agriculture and discussed their experiences on the front lines of the pandemic, the White House said. May 14, 2021, 5:03 PM PDTBy Shannon Pettypiece and Mike Memoli WASHINGTON —
RFD TV: Fairness for Farm Workers Act has support from 55 congressman, United Farm Workers
Fairness for Farm Workers Act has support from 55 congressman, United Farm Workers Friday, May 14th 2021, 9:30 AM CDT A bill in Congress called the “Fairness for Farm Workers Act” aims to make federal law, what several states
Tell your US Rep farm workers deserve overtime
We ‘deserve to live and work free from the constant terror of deportation and family separation’
The UFW Foundation’s Leydy Rangel, the daughter of a migrant farm worker family, issued the following statement after she was among six Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients who met today with President Biden in the Oval Office:
The Hill: Hispanic Caucus endorses essential worker immigration bill
By Rafael Bernal – 05/13/21 03:06 PM EDT 80 155 Share to Facebook Share to Twitter by © Getty Images The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) on Thursday officially endorsed a bill that would grant a path to citizenship for
The American Independent: Democratic bill would ensure farmworkers get overtime pay after years of being ignored
By Amy Lieu – May 13, 2021 3:38 PM 0 Comments 143 Advertisement Lawmakers say it’s time to end the racist exclusion of farmworkers from the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. House Democrats have reintroduced legislation to ensure farmworkers
NBC News: Biden meeting with DACA recipients to highlight immigration priorities
The White House invited essential workers to the meeting to underscore its argument for enshrining DACA into law. President Joe Biden snaps his fingers as he responds to a reporters question during a meeting with congressional leaders in the
The American Independent: Democratic bill would ensure farmworkers get overtime pay after years of being ignored
By Amy Lieu – May 13, 2021 3:38 PM 0 Comments 141 Advertisement Lawmakers say it’s time to end the racist exclusion of farmworkers from the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. House Democrats have reintroduced legislation to ensure farmworkers
UFW & UFW Fd.: ‘End the racist exclusion of farm workers from overtime pay’
Field workers were excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 The Fairness for Farmworkers Act of 2021 was introduced today by U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.). The legislation would extend overtime pay to all of America’s
KIMA CBS 29: Governor Inslee signs agriculture worker overtime bill into law
by Angela KerndlTuesday, May 11th 2021 Ag overtime bill.JPG YAKIMA — Governor Inslee was in Yakima today to sign a number of bills he believes will have a big impact on workers, especially here in the Yakima Valley. One
The Wenatchee World: Inslee signs agricultural worker overtime bill into law in Yakima
By Mai HoangYakima Herald-Republic May 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter Email Sections Local News Northwest News Sports Arts & Entertainment Education Housing Crisis Webcams Facebook Twitter Email Print Save YAKIMA — All agricultural workers are now eligible for overtime pay,
KPVI News 6: Inslee signs bill mandating overtime pay for farmworkers, farms grapple with costs
By Tim Gruver | The Center Square May 12, 2021 Updated 4 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Email TownNews.com Content Exchange Facebook Twitter Email Print Save (The Center Square) – By 2024, Washington farmworkers working more than 40 hours
The Chronicle: Inslee Signs Agricultural Worker Overtime Bill Into Law in Yakima
Gov. Jay Inslee Governor’s Office Posted Wednesday, May 12, 2021 8:45 am Mai Hoang / Yakima Herald-Republic All agricultural workers are now eligible for overtime pay, starting in January 2022. Gov. Inslee signed Senate Bill 5172 and four other