“We didn’t know our rights. It can rip your heart out.” September 13, 2021 by Kaiser Health News Leave a Comment By Miranda Green and Heidi de Marco COACHELLA, Calif. — Leoncio Antonio Trejo Galdamez, 58, died in his son’s arms on

By DON JENKINS Capital Press Sep 10, 2021 Updated Sep 10, 2021 Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Farm groups are awaiting details on how the U.S. Labor Department will carry out President Joe Biden’s plan to

breadbasket Priscella Vega Los Angeles Times (TNS) Sep 10, 2021 Updated 13 hrs ago Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Rosario Rodríguez never wanted to leave her hometown of Trigomil, Nayarit. She was surrounded by family and

Gabe Ortiz Daily Kos Staff Wednesday September 08, 2021 · 12:35 PM PDT Recommend 239 Tweet 140 Comments 140 New RSS PUBLISHED TO Gabe Ortíz LatinoKos Daily Kos TAGS CIR CoryBooker Farms FarmWorkers Immigration ImmigrationReform Recommended Reconciliation UFW UndocumentedImmigrants

By: Ariana Figueroa and Michael Lyle – September 8, 2021 6:20 am Temporary Protected Status holders with family members in Las Vegas last year. Members of the House Congressional Hispanic Caucus have raised opposition to policies that would undermine

Updated: 6:51 p.m. | Published: 10:54 a.m.By Dora Totoian | Salem Statesman Journal When Arismel Cardenas walked into a Gervais vaccination clinic in July, her nerves made her stomach turn. She’d heard of some people’s COVID-19 vaccine symptoms and

H. Claire Brown + Matthew Sedacca 09.08.2021, 3:29pmPolitics Share Link Copied! Save for later Patrick T. Fallon / AFP A one-time payment of up to $600 could take as long as two years to arrive, but advocacy groups welcome

Up to 30,000 in New Mexico stand to gain legal immigration status through $3.5 billion economic recovery bill by: Julian Resendiz Posted: Sep 8, 2021 / 06:46 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 8, 2021 / 06:46 PM CDT EL

Brian Edwards and Jacob MargolisSep 8Save Article Facebook TwitterEmailCopy LinkVicente Garcia cleans leeks in 90-degree heat at Muranaka Farms in Moorpark in Southern California’s Ventura County on June 17, 2021. (Jason Margolis/LAist) In the summer of 2005, a terrible three-week

By Gray News staffPublished: Sep. 8, 2021 at 7:39 AM PDT|Updated: 2 hours ago (Gray News) – President Joe Biden delivered remarks Wednesday from the White House in recognition of labor unions, saying “ when unions win, workers across

Electronic invitations sent to all 100 senators last month with farm workers in several states personally extending them on social media. WASHINGTON, D.C.—In conjunction with Labor Day, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today accepted invitations by

By Mike Dorning September 7, 2021, 12:07 PM PDT Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announces aid as Delta spreads Program is a ‘reflection of the essential nature of the work’ LISTEN TO ARTICLE 1:57 SHARE THIS ARTICLE ShareTweetPostEmail The Biden Administration

Sep 7, 2021 – Politics & Policy Latino farmworkers more likely to die from extreme heat Oriana Gonzalez Fernando Llerenas drinks water while picking pears in Hood River, Oregon, on Aug. 13. Photo: Michael Hanson/AFP via Getty Images Farmworkers

Grant KaplanSeptember 06, 2021FacebookTwitterEmailCesar Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers of America who died in 1993 at age 66, was recently inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame. (CNS file photo) Jerry Cohen represented the United Farm Workers

y By Daily News Editorial Board New York Daily News | Sep 06, 2021 at 4:00 AM Another Labor Day is another day of labor for farm workers across America, who till the soil and milk the cows and

Enjoy the fruits of Colorado farms knowing those who worked the fields now have basic labor protections Jessie Danielson and Dominick Moreno1:30 AM MDT on Sep 6, 2021 As Coloradans, we’re lucky to enjoy such exceptional local produce. Right

Dora TotoianSalem Statesman Journalhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.478.2_en.html#goog_1884247422about:blankabout:blankhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.478.2_en.html#goog_174163810 When Arismel Cardenas walked into a Gervais vaccination clinic in July, her nerves made her stomach turn. She’d heard of some people’s COVID-19 vaccine symptoms and worried how she would react.   But Cardenas also thought of how her husband, a nursery worker, had been hospitalized

All of us in the United Farm Workers join our sisters and brothers in the Jewish community in honoring the High Holidays that began on Monday, September 6, at sunset with Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New

By CATHERINE FISK CalMatters Sep 5, 2021 0 Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Assembly Bill 616 would grant to California farmworkers the same rights to vote by mail in union certification elections that all California voters

Grace Gedye, CalMatters Sep 5, 2021 Facebook Twitter Email Print Save When Baldomero Perez, a farmworker who lives in Bakersfield, voted in a union election in 2016, he saw many of his colleagues were fearful when they went to

Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options By Priscella VegaStaff Writer  Photography by Tomas Ovalle Sep. 5, 2021 5 AM PT THREE ROCKS, Calif. —  Rosario Rodríguez never wanted to leave her hometown of Trigomil, Nayarit. She was surrounded by family and

In the spring of 1966, a small group of California farmworkers and their supporters captured the attention of the nation. On the morning of March 17, 1966, nearly a hundred striking farmworkers, most of them Mexican American and Filipino,

*California’s law passed in 2016 and phased into effect in 2019. By Karen Richards (KLCC)Sept. 4, 2021 6 a.m. Growing crops is already a field with a lot of inherent risks. Add Oregon’s increasing heat waves and wildfire smoke,

When Hard Jobs Turn Hazardous As drought, record heat and wildfire smoke seize the Pacific Northwest, farm owners and fieldworkers struggle to adapt. Sometimes the response feels improvised or inadequate. Credit… Photographs by Jordan Gale Text by Sergio Olmos

Karl SchneiderNaples Daily Newshttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.478.2_en.html#goog_1297651773 Florida’s farmworkers face increasing heat-related health risks as temperatures rise due to climate change, and a local organization is working to bolster their protections. The Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers, through its Fair Food Program, has