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In this edition of Farmworker Justice's  Health Policy Bulletin, we focus on connecting farmworker women to healthcare. Included are articles about HIV prevention, ensuring access  through the Affordable Care Act, connecting community leaders to health centers, and an introduction to … Read more Connecting Farmworker Women to Healthcare : New Farmworker Justice Health Policy Newsletter Now Available

This Miami Herald op-ed by labor historian Peter Cole argues against depriving agricultural workers of an important tool to enforce the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The U.S. Department of Labor may request a court … Read more Miami Herald OpEd: Don’t weaken fair labor standards

Yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters that he would not consider the bipartisan Senate immigration reform legislation passed in June, saying: “We have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate bill.” Farmworker Justice urges Boehner … Read more House Speaker Boehner’s Refusal to Move Forward on Immigration Reform is Unacceptable

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took important steps this week to revise protections for farmworkers exposed to pesticides by submitting an updated Worker Protection Standard to the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) for review. Pesticide exposure causes … Read more EPA Proposes New Worker Protections for Pesticide Safety Following Pressure from Farmworker Advocates

Farmworker Justice and the United Farm Workers, with more than 200 other organizations, sent a letter to House members today stating their opposition to the anti-immigrant and anti-worker approach to immigration reform in Representative Bob Goodlatte’s Agricultural Guestworker Act, HR … Read more More than 200 Organizations Sign on to Letter Opposing Rep. Goodlatte’s Immigration Bill

Sheep rancher Max Fernandez and the Western Range Association (“WRA”) have settled a federal lawsuit brought by three workers charging Fernandez and WRA with wage violations and accusing Fernandez of violations of federal labor trafficking laws. The settlement provides the … Read more Washington Rancher and Western Range Association Agree to Settle Workers’ Charges of Abuse and Exploitation

Farmworker Justice President Bruce Goldstein was one of 200 representatives of immigrant rights groups arrested today on Capitol Hill during the March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect. The event brought together tens of thousands of individuals and families who called … Read more Immigration Reform Advocates, including Farmworker Justice President, Arrested on Capitol Hill Today

On October 8th, Farmworker Justice’s President Bruce Goldstein will join tens of thousands of individuals and families in the “Camino Americano” on the National Mall. The rally, concert and march will draw attention to Congress’ failure to address our broken … Read more Farmworker Justice to Join Thousands on National Mall for Immigration Reform

Farmworker Justice today praised the introduction of a comprehensive immigration reform bill by House Democrats to build momentum to reform the country’s broken immigration system. Bruce Goldstein, the president of Farmworker Justice, said the bill builds constructively upon measures included … Read more Farmworker Justice Applauds House Democrats’ Effort to Advance Immigration Reform

Citizenship path Regarding "Do something!" (A modest fix before immigration reform), the editorial correctly admits that comprehensive immigration reform is the only way to truly solve the labor problems that we face in agriculture, but it fails to sufficiently address … Read more Citizenship path: Letter to the Editor in Houston Chronicle