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Improving the health and safety of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families has been part of Farmworker Justice’s core mission since its founding 32 years ago. Today, we are releasing a new report, Exposed and Ignored: How Pesticides are … Read more A Call to EPA: Update the Worker Protection Standards & Protect Farmworkers from Pesticide Exposure

Sen. Chambliss has filed a slew of amendments designed to make the already difficult lives of farmworkers even more difficult. These amendments would reopen the tough and delicate agricultural immigration compromise reached between agricultural employers from around the country and … Read more ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Senators to Oppose All Chambliss Amendments

Today at 5:30 PM, the Senate will vote on a critically important amendment to the Senate comprehensive immigration bill. The amendment, Leahy 1183, includes the agreement negotiated by Senators Corker (R-TN) and Hoeven (D-ND) and other Senators, and is essentially … Read more Immigration Reform Update 6/24/13- Vote On Leahy 1183 Amendment Happening Today

House Judiciary Committee Passes New Agricultural Guestworker Program: Self-deportation for the Undocumented, Exploitation for U.S. Workers and Guestworkers On June 19th, the House Judiciary Committee passed Chairman Robert Goodlatte's anti-worker, anti-immigrant Agricultural Guestworker Act, HR 1773, by a vote of … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update June 20, 2013

Please call the Members of Congress on the House Judiciary Committee, especially if they represent your district. The list is below. Tell them to OPPOSE the Goodlatte “Agricultural Guestworker Act,” H.R. 1773. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold … Read more Farmworker Justice Legislative Action Alert June 17, 2013

Senate Update The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S.744, has moved to the Senate floor. Senate Majority Leader Reid plans to offer robust opportunity for debate on the bill and proposed amendments. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Reform Update 6/11/13

On May 21st, the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) concluded its mark-up of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. It passed the bill out of committee by a bipartisan vote of 13-5, with the support of … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 5/22/2013

The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) continues to mark-up S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. The Committee is likely to consider the agricultural sections later today. Yesterday, Monday, the SJC completed its work debating and amending … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update: The Senate Judiciary Committee Continues to Mark-up S. 744

House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the Agricultural Guestworker Act Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security held a hearing on the “Agricultural Guestworker Act,” H.R.1773, a bill introduced by Judiciary Committee Chair, Robert Goodlatte (R-VA). The … Read more Farmworker Immigration Update: House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing & Senate Mark-up of S.744

Despite massive national and international opposition, the UK Government is pushing ahead with its plans to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) which sets minimum pay and conditions for farmworkers. The existence of the Agricultural Wages Board ensures that agricultural … Read more Take action to support farmworkers in the UK