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For the “community” day of Farmworker Awareness Week, we bring you this message from Arcelia, a community health worker in California, on the importance of creating a community-wide understanding and respect for the right to a safe and healthy workplace. … Read more National Farmworker Awareness Week: Community

Today is the first day of National Farmworker Awareness Week. For our first blog post, we wanted to draw attention to the many farmworkers living and working along the borders of the United States. The border zone encompasses more people … Read more Celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week: Border Issues

The Migration Policy Institute held a briefing on September 16, 2015 titled “ What's New in Farm Labor? Immigration and the Agricultural Sector.” A recording of the briefing can be found here. The speakers included Philip Martin, Chair, UC Comparative … Read more MPI Briefing on Farm Labor Highlights Recent Data Trends

Farmworker Justice applauds the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) provision to provide subsidies (in the form of tax credits) to consumers who bought health insurance through the federally-facilitated health insurance marketplaces (Healthcare.gov). The subsidies are … Read more Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Care Act Helps Keep Farmworkers Covered

Valentine’s Day is soon upon us. This Saturday many people surprise their loved ones with gifts of jewelry, chocolate, or a valentine card, but the most popular gift is flowers. Over 100 million roses are sold on Valentine’s Day in … Read more Valentine Love for Farmworkers

Farmworker Justice Welcomes Guest Bloggers from the  Housing Assistance Council : Lance George, Research Director, and Leslie Strauss, Senior Policy Analyst “Rural America’s Silent Housing Crisis,” an article in The Atlantic magazine’s February edition, describes the overlooked plight of rural families … Read more The Silent (And Invisible) Farmworker Housing Crisis

As the 113th Congress comes to an end, so does the closest chance that we have had to passing comprehensive immigration reform in over a decade. The prospects for immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship in the incoming … Read more 12/19/14 Farmworker Justice Immigration Update

Starting in April 2015, individuals and families who file U.S. income taxes will have to provide information about their health insurance coverage to the IRS. Those individuals who do not have health insurance and do not qualify for an exemption … Read more It’s Not Too Early to Start Thinking About Tax Season, Especially When it Comes to the ACA

When it comes to farm labor, immigration policy is labor policy.  So this Labor Day, let’s hope that our collective advocacy persuades the President to create a generous program that helps many farmworker families. President Obama plans to grant some … Read more Remembering Farmworkers This Labor Day

President Obama is expected to announce his plans regarding immigration policy in the coming weeks upon completion of a review by agency officials. However, some Democratic Senate candidates prefer that he wait to take administrative action on immigration until after … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 8/22/14