A lawsuit was filed Monday (Nov. 30) by the United Farm Workers and UFW Foundation in U.S. District Court in Fresno over the U.S. Department of Labor’s move to slash wages under the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. This

By Kara Manke| December 2, 2020 Email Print Low wages, fear of deportation and crowded living and working conditions all contribute to high rates of COVID-19 infection among California’s farmworkers. A new study by researchers at the University of

Primarily Latino workforce has contracted Covid-19 at nearly three times the rate of other residents Vivian Ho in San Francisco Wed 2 Dec 2020 20.54 EST Last modified on Thu 3 Dec 2020 10.07 EST Shares 91 Farmworkers at the Heringer

Posted Dec 2, 2020, 1:30 pm Maria Dinzeo Courthouse News FRESNO, Calif. — The nation’s largest agricultural union is suing the Department of Labor for imposing a two-year wage freeze on farm laborers, who are already among the lowest

Categories: News, Local News, KOVRTV, Top Story La Familia Counseling Center is partnering with Sacramento County in a statewide program providing free hotel stays for farm workers and food processing workers who have been exposed to or have COVID-19.

Genoveva Puga died in the Rio Grande Valley at age 92. She was crucial in securing worker’s comp rights for farmworkers in Texas. By Kristen CabreraDecember 2, 2020 8:30 amArts & Culture, Crime & Justice, History Courtesy of La Union

12/2/2020 | 9:51 AM CST By  , DTN Staff Reporter Connect with Todd: AddThis Sharing Buttons Guest ag workers expect to lose millions in wages from a U.S. Department of Labor rule that freezes wages in the H-2A visa

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Published on Tuesday, December 01, 2020byCommon Dreams An attorney for Farmworker Justice warned that, if allowed to take effect, the wage freeze would cause “grave harm to some of the most vulnerable workers in the nation.”byJake Johnson, staff writer

by Vickie Aldous of the Mail TribuneMonday, November 30th 2020 4VIEW ALL PHOTOSElise Higley, (right), of Our Family Farms Coalition, embraces Stephanie Reyes, who received a finacial donation after losing her Phoenix home in the Almeda Fire. Photo by

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By Tom Karst December 1, 2020 The fight continues over wage rates in the Department of Labor’s H-2A agricultural guest worker program. On Nov. 30, the United Farm Workers and the UFW Foundation, represented by Farmworker Justice and the

CORONAVIRUSGet updates from New York and beyond on the virus. CAPITAL TONIGHT Farmers to Cuomo: Don’t Lower Overtime Threshold for Farm Workers By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 4:39 PM ET Dec. 01, 2020 Last year, Governor Cuomo

By Nadia Lopez December 01, 2020 05:00 AM, Updated 5 hours 23 minutes ago Farmworker safety a priority as N95 masks given to ag community Farmworker safety a priority as over 300,000 N95 masks given to the ag community

Share to More ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — By the end of this year, a Wage Board is expected to put together recommendations on overtime pay for farm workers across the state. But, ahead of the recommendations being made, several farm

November 30, 2020MARIA DINZEOFacebookTwitterEmail SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The nation’s largest agricultural union is suing the Department of Labor for imposing a two-year wage freeze on farm laborers, who are already among the lowest paid workers in the United

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Updated 11:02 AM ET, Mon November 30, 2020 Francisco Didier Ulloa and a colleague host a show on Radio Indígena in Spanish and Mixteco, a indigenous Mexican language. (CNN)After a day picking cranberries at a

Regina Yurrita November 30, 2020 10:04 AM It started as a simple prompt on twitter from United Farm Workers.  A tweet that reads : “Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, we’ll share what we know about the worker behind

Montoya was a fixture of the “El Teatro Campesino” theater in San Juan Bautista 30 Shares Updated: 6:49 PM PST Nov 28, 2020 Infinite Scroll Enabled Chris Hagel DAILY CORONAVIRUS UPDATES BY EMAIL Receive daily coronavirus & public health

JACKIE BOTTS CalMatters Nov 28, 2020 Updated 53 min ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Save JACKIE BOTTS CalMatters California’s businesses must follow new rules to protect workers from getting coronavirus on the job, while harvesting companies must minimize overcrowding

By Damian Trujillo • Published November 27, 2020 • Updated on November 27, 2020 at 9:32 pm 0:00/ 1:50 Share Expand The Bay Area has lost a Latino icon. Noe Montoya – who performed with El Teatro Campesino in

EDITORIALS The Desert Sun Editorial Board Pandemic-pounded America appears on the verge of a game-changing event when it comes to the fight against COVID-19. At least three vaccine formulations — created by Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca/Oxford University — are in the

Legal observers worry a ruling against a California law could signal a willingness to undermine labor codes By David Bacon November 27, 2020 4:52PM (UTC) US President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (Getty Images/Salon) Facebook 67

AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to WhatsAppShare to SMSShare to EmailShare to More SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris showed appreciation to farm workers and food bank staff this Thanksgiving. She thanked them for

LA Archdiocese welcomes pilgrimage images on Thanksgiving and other stops through Dec. 5 in Los Angeles By Holly Andres | handres@scng.com | Daily NewsPUBLISHED: November 25, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. | UPDATED: November 25, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. The