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June 03 2014

Washington State berry grower Sakuma Brothers Farms has withdrawn its application asking the federal government to allow it to employ as many as 438 foreign H-2A “guest workers” to harvest its berries this season. Sakuma had made the application after … Read more Victory for Washington State Berry Pickers as Sakuma Brothers Farms Withdraws its Application for H-2A Guestworkers

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May 30 2014

 Environmental, health, and farmworker advocacy groups filed an Administrative Objection and a court appeal this week, challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) refusal to quickly correct errors in pesticide registrations and its refusal to immediately implement protective measures to safeguard … Read more Groups Challenge EPA Failure to Protect Children from Pesticides

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May 06 2014

Citing deceptive business practices, consumers filed a federal class action lawsuit against Darigold, an agricultural marketing cooperative that is one of the largest dairy producers in the country with more than 500 participating farms and total annual sales of almost … Read more Consumers File Lawsuit against Darigold, Inc. for Misleading Marketing Claims

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April 29 2014

Learn how Farmworker Justice helps farmworkers improve their living and working conditions. Highlights include: Immigration Reform Update: Committed Until Reform becomes a Reality Victory for Farmworkers: Remedying Systematic Labor Abuses Confronted by Farmworkers The Affordable Care Act and Farmworkers: Outreach … Read more Spring 2014 Farmworker Justice News Now Available

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April 25 2014

Lawyers and advocates for farmworkers have asked the U.S. Department of Labor to block a large Washington state berry producer from displacing hundreds of domestic workers with foreign guest workers brought in under the federal government’s temporary foreign agricultural worker … Read more Washington State Berry Farm Seeks to Displace Domestic Workers with Foreign Workers

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April 09 2014

Through Farmworker Justice's work with farmworkers and farmworker service organizations on the ground, we were able to help this undocumented farmworker lift up his voice to describe his experiences living and working in agriculture. Original Article: This week in Washington, … Read more Miami Herald OpEd: Life as an undocumented farmworker

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April 04 2014

Farmworkers play an integral role in our agricultural sector. They not only provide labor, but their work also puts the majority of the food we eat on our kitchen tables. Action 4 News learned many farmworkers are still struggling to … Read more Farmworkers, Wages, and Immigration Reform: Farmworker Justice President on Action 4 News (Texas)

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April 03 2014

Today we celebrate an important victory in the fight for migrant workers' rights. Thomas Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor, and Alfonso Navarrete Prida, Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare for Mexico, will meet face-to-face for the first time. They will … Read more U.S. and Mexico Labor Secretaries Meet to Discuss Guestworker Abuses

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April 02 2014

Earlier this week, EPA announced their response to a lawsuit pressing them to better protect children from health-harming pesticides that drift from fields in rural areas. Meeting a legal deadline, the agency acknowledged “children may experience higher levels of pesticide … Read more EPA fails again to protect children from pesticide drift

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March 27 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Mar. 26th, 2014 CONTACT Sarah Christiano schristiano@fenton.com 202-789-7769 Farmworker Justice Supports House Democrats’ Discharge Petition to Prompt House to Act on Immigration Washington, DC – House Democrats today filed a discharge petition on legislation that should … Read more Farmworker Justice Supports House Democrats’ Discharge Petition to Prompt House to Act on Immigration

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