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IMMIGRATION Congress Continues to Deliberate on the Build Back Better Budget Reconciliation Bill Over the past month, Congress has continued its deliberations on the Build Back Better (“BBB”) budget reconciliation bill and the fate of its immigration provisions remains unclear. … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: November 12, 2021

Appeal Filed Against Federal Court Ruling Partially Upholding North Carolina Law Restricting  Farmworker Unions Farm Labor Organizing Committee. v. Stein, Case No. 1:17cv1037, (M.D. North Carolina 2021): On September 15, 2021, a federal judge determined that North Carolina’s Farm Act, … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: September 29, 2021

FARMWORKER LABOR LITIGATION Farmworker Justice Joins Action Challenging the DOL’s Procedures for Setting Prevailing Wage Rates in H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program Torres & Familias Unidas por la Justicia v. United States Department of Labor, Case No. 1:20-cv-03241-SMJ, (E.D. Washington 2021): Farmworker … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: September 7, 2021

Farmworkers have suffered disproportionately from COVID-19. Although vaccines dramatically reduce COVID-19 transmission and protect against severe illness, farmworkers continue to face numerous barriers to vaccination, including access and misinformation. A wide range of partners have come together to develop solutions … Read more Building Stronger, Healthier Farmworker Communities Together to Confront the COVID-19 Pandemic – August 19, 2021

FARMWORKER LABOR LITIGATION  Wage Theft and Human Trafficking Case Settled  Aguilar Villagomez v. Lautieri (D.Ore.) Farmworker Justice and co-counsel recently settled a federal lawsuit on behalf of an Oregon cannabis worker involving wage and hour and human trafficking claims. In … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: July 16, 2021

David Weil Nominated to be Wage and Hour Administrator The Biden administration has nominated David Weil to lead the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, where he would be in charge of enforcing federal minimum wage and overtime law. … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: June 18, 2021

Farmworker Justice Testifies on Need for Immigration Reform Farmworker Justice President Bruce Goldstein testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Security on May 12, 2021.  The hearing, “The Essential Role of Immigrant Workers … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: May 21, 2021

  House Passes the Farm Workforce Modernization Act  On March 18, 2021, the House passed the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act,” HR 1603 (FWMA), by a vote of 247-174. The bill resulted from long, difficult negotiations among Democrats, Republicans, agricultural employers, … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: April 26, 2021

By Isabel Gross, Project Coordinator for Occupational Safety and Health As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala, I lived and worked in an indigenous community where the women wore traditional dress and the primary language was Maya K’iche.  Although many … Read more Indigenous Farmworkers Face Unique Barriers to Healthcare – April 26, 2021

House Prepares to Vote on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a Major Immigration Reform Bill              Tomorrow (March 18th), the House will vote on the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act” (HR 1603) and the “Dream and Promise Act” (HR 6). If … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: March 17, 2021 – Immigration Bill Vote Imminent