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. Weil, who is a professor and university administrator, previously served in the same position from … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: June 18, 2021
Community health centers (CHCs) play a key role in increasing health care access for agricultural workers across the U.S., providing much-needed preventative and primary care that might otherwise be unaffordable or unavailable to many. CHCs, nonprofit clinics that provide services to medically-underserved communities, are an essential component of the health care delivery system for this … Read more The Role of Community Health Centers in Promoting Health Care Access and COVID-19 Prevention for Agricultural Workers
High COVID Risk Among Farmworkers Farmworkers face a threat of high numbers of COVID-19 infections among their community. On one Tennessee farm all two hundred workers tested positive, and throughout the country farmworker communities are seeing high numbers of infections due to, among other reasons, an inability to isolate from one another at work or in employer … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 06/04/2020
COVID Crisis Continues to Impact Farmworkers Farmworker communities remain in crisis as COVID-19 continues to spread in the United States and around the world. As essential workers, farmworkers continue to labor in conditions – at work, during transportation and in housing — that expose them to the risk of COVID-19. Farmworkers around the country report … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 05/04/2020