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Big Ag’s Latest Blow to Workers' Rights
The Nation· 14 hours agoIn a courthouse in Visalia, a small city in the heart of Republican grower country, a hearing opened last week to undo the law’s first landmark...
Vermont unions and advocacy groups celebrate International Workers' Day
WPTZ Burlington· 57 minutes agoJustice held a one-day boycott of Hannaford Supermarkets as they continued to ask the grocery store...
Temporary farmworker protections strengthened in final Labor Department rule
HR Dive· 4 hours agoLabor Department rule released Friday, including the ability to advocate for better working conditions. The rule will allow workers to decline employer-sponsored meetings ...
Opinion | Who Could Catch Bird Flu First? These Experts Have an Idea, and a Way to Help.
New York Times· 15 hours agoAgricultural workers have always been an underprotected population for zoonotic diseases, including...
Four reasons to be concerned (but not freak out) about the bird flu
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoIn addition to the basic worries about worker health, the more workers become infected, the greater...
Farmworker protection rule finalized
The Times and Democrat· 1 day agoThe Department of Labor Friday announced a final rule to strengthen protections for farmworkers. The rule targets vulnerability and abuses experienced by...
Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoThe new rule, which takes effect June 28, will target abuses experienced by workers under the H-2A...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
Gannett via AOL· 6 hours agoThe phrase "Sí se puede" (which roughly translates to "yes, it can be done") was a famous chant heard at these strikes, and became a motto of the United Farm</ ...
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh workers vote to unionize with the United Steelworkers
CBS News· 6 days agoWorkers at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh on Wednesday voted to join the United Steelworkers...
These are the most dangerous jobs in America
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe fatality rate for Black employees was 4.2 for every 100,000 workers, its highest level in nearly 15 years, the union said. "The recent bridge...
