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Farmworker Justice Update: 04/06/18 California Agricultural Employers Decry Labor Shortage A recent article discussed California agricultural employers’ concerns about labor shortages. Some growers claim that labor shortages caused crops not to be picked (but the article did not note that … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 04/06/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 03/23/18 Congress Passes FY 2018 Appropriations Bill, Presidential Approval Still Pending Last night, Congress approved an omnibus appropriations package covering the rest of FY 2018. FY 2018 began on October 1, 2017 and runs through September 30, … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 03/23/18

Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 02/16/18 Results of Senate Immigration Vote and Possible House Debate on Immigration/Guestworker Legislation On February 15, the U.S. Senate rejected four immigration proposals, none of which garnered the 60 votes needed to pass in the … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 02/16/18

Farmworker Justice Update on Senate Immigration Deliberation – 02/15/18 The Senate is currently debating immigration policy proposals to address President Trump’s termination of DACA, which has put Dreamers, some of whom are the children of farmworkers, in limbo and in … Read more Farmworker Justice Update on Senate Immigration Deliberation – 02/15/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 01/12/18 Administration’s Focus on Agriculture and Rural Issues Ignores Farmworkers On January 8, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue publicly released a report that had earlier been given to President Trump by the Interagency Task … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 01/12/18

I had the privilege of participating in the East Coast Migrant Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health in Atlanta earlier this month. The annual Forum brings together outreach workers, advocates, medical professionals and many others who provide crucial health services … Read more Pesticides and Puerto Rico: When the Professional Becomes Personal

We are delighted to host guest blogger LeAnne R. Ruzzamenti, Director of Marketing Communications for the Equitable Food Initiative Equitable Food Initiative brings together growers, retailers, farmworkers and consumers to transform agriculture and create a safer, more equitable food system. It’s a … Read more Hope: Transforming agriculture to improve the lives of farmworkers |National Farmworker Awareness Week

Farmworker Justice is honored to host guest blogger Mónica Ramírez for today's post. Mónica serves as the Director of Gender Equity and Advocacy at National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) and the Director of Gender Equality for the Labor Council for Latin American … Read more Resistance:Equal Pay for Farmworker Women | National Farmworker Awareness Week

In November 2015, the EPA finalized important revisions to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, (WPS), which provides protections from pesticide poisoning and injury for farmworkers, pesticide handlers, and their families. Those highly overdue changes took effect January 2nd of this … Read more Family: National Farmworker Awareness Week Day 6

Day 5 of National Farmworker Awareness Week focuses on farmworker health.  Farmworker Justice has been working to protect  farmworkers' access to health care through close monitoring of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the impacts any changes would have for farmworkers.  Current … Read more Health: National Farmworker Awareness Week 2017