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Can a new program improve housing for VT migrant farmer workers? Sprague Ranch hopes so
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBROOKFIELD ― Sprague Ranch sits in this narrow valley in Brookfield. Mountains rise sharply all...
Lawsuit: West Michigan blueberry farm treated migrant workers unfairly
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA pair of migrant workers have sued a west Michigan farm in federal court for alleged labor...
Farmworker advocates question poor on-farm housing
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMartha Lopez has visited two on-farm housing units in her three years as a field organizer for PCUN, Oregon’s farmworker union. In the first, Lopez saw...
Migrant farmworkers want to live in California. There’s just no affordable housing for them
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMany migrant farmworkers living in California-run housing would settle full time in their...
Some NC migrant farmworkers face foul housing, low pay and forced travel, lawsuits say
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEach year, some 15,000 H-2A visa holders come to North Carolina to work temporarily on farms and in...
Why migrant workers in Florida weren’t getting COVID vaccines, and what happened next
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoMigrant workers in Florida had the opportunity to get their COVID-19 shots during a year-long health...
Migrant farmworkers help NC farms survive. But some end up abused, lawsuits say.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSince mid-2019, North Carolina employers filed requests for more than 88,000 workers on H-2A visas....
The Sacramento Bee looks at the crisis in migrant farmworker housing. Here’s what to know
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGood morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! THE SACRAMENTO BEE EXPLORES THE MIGRANT HOUSING CRISIS...
Half Moon Bay mushroom farm workers to share $450,000 after mass shooting exposes poor working...
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoDozens of employees at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms, where a disgruntled co-worker killed seven...
California has a housing crisis. Why are thousands of farmworker apartments closed each year?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCalifornia farmworkers struggle to find housing — yet the state lets thousands of affordable units...