Resources

State-by-state chart showing the 2020 and 2021 Adverse Effect Wages Rates (AEWR) for the H-2A guestworker program.

Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on emergency preparedness in … Read more Health Policy Bulletin: Winter 2021

On February 19, 2021, Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Representative Linda Sanchez (DCA) introduced the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 … Read more Fact Sheet: U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021: A Bill to Protect Workers and Create a Path to Citizenship for 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants

Issue brief describing COVID-19 paid sick leave protections for agricultural workers at the federal level and in the top ten … Read more Issue Brief: COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Protections for Agricultural Workers (Updated: January 2021)

Comments submitted by FJ and Migrant Clinicians Network on December 20, 2020 to recommend that food system workers, including farmworkers, … Read more FJ & MCN Comments to the CDC on Allocation of Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine

Comments submitted to Cal/OSHA in support of the adoption of a COVID-19 Protection Emergency Regulation by the Occupational Safety and … Read more FJ Comments on the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Protection Emergency Regulation (November 2020)

List of resources that explore the history of the Bracero Program.

Written comments on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Draft Preliminary Framework for Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 … Read more FJ Comments on Discussion Draft of the Preliminary Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine

Fact sheet on the July 2020 emergency temporary standard in Virginia that  imposed specific and detailed requirements on employers to … Read more Fact Sheet: Virginia Takes a Vital Step to Protect its Workers from COVID-19

Companion material to the training film Breaking the Silence, which aims to help farmworker organizations reduce sexual harassment and violence … Read more Discussion Guide – Breaking the Silence: Addressing Sexual Violence in Agricultural Workplaces