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President Obama’s healthcare reform legislation, formally known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is moving towards full implementation.  By 2014, all parts of the law, including health insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion (for those states that choose to expand their … Read more National Health Center Week: Community/Migrant Health Centers and the Affordable Care Act

Migrant health centers play a vital role in educating their communities on health risks associated with farm work. A farmworker’s health and well-being is impacted by his/her living and working conditions.  Often, farmworkers perform hazardous work and live in substandard … Read more National Health Center Week: Migrant Health Centers in their Communities

This week, health centers across the country are holding events to celebrate their contributions to their communities. Community and Migrant Health Centers are an integral part of the U.S. healthcare system.  They provide affordable, high quality primary preventative healthcare to … Read more FJ Celebrates National Health Center Week

On the Eve of the official opening of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, Farmworker Justice would like to formally reaffirm our commitment to fighting HIV and AIDS in farmworker and Latino communities in the U.S. Farmworkers have … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on the XIX International AIDS Conference:

Progress for farmworkers in California– Congratulations to the UFW and the 200 Gargulio, Inc. tomato workers who voted to join the union last Wednesday, despite threats and intimidation by company officials.  This victory came a couple of months after approximately … Read more Farmworkers in the News: July 9-12

The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of news.  As you probably all know, the Supreme Court issued two major rulings two weeks ago, one upholding President Obama’s health care reform law and one sending a strong message … Read more Farmworkers in the News: Late June 2012

The Supreme Court’s decision upholding as constitutional most of the health system reform legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will enable millions of people to gain access to health care and to improve their health.  Unfortunately, many migrant and seasonal … Read more Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform, But Farmworkers Will Still Face Challenges in Access to Health Care

Supreme Court Decision in Arizona Demonstrates Need for Congressional Action on Immigration Policy: Court Strikes Down Several Provisions of Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law as Unconstitutional, but Leaves in Place Provision that Inevitably Leads to Racial Profiling Today’s Supreme Court decision in … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Immigration Law

The Adams/Cantor version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization bill, H.R. 4970, significantly weakens the relief available to victims of domestic violence.  VAWA is important to farmworker women as they suffer high rates of domestic violence.  In its … Read more House version of the VAWA reauthorization bill is bad for farmworkers

Farmworker coverage in the media was strong last week, with many of the articles highlighting the need for immigration reform for farmworkers and stronger enforcement of workplace laws protecting farmworkers. The H-2A guestworker program continues to be the subject of … Read more Farmworkers in the News : Media Roundup May 14-18