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Farming community reacts to governor's minimum wage veto
WCSH 6 Portland· 8 hours agoDemocratic Gov. Janet Mills vetoed two farm worker rights bills on Tuesday, including one she put...
Will Coggin: Congress must fight food inflation (Opinion)
The Charleston Gazette· 2 hours agoWho wants to pay 41% more for food? Congress must act in this year’s Farm Bill to protect farmers...
New law to preserve working agricultural lands signed by Gov. McMaster
WLTX-TV Columbia· 2 days agoIn an attempt to save family farms and reduce the amount of agricultural acreage now being lost to...
Chad Thornton
The National Law Review· 6 days agoChad Thornton is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Counseling Group. Chad attended Louisiana ...
Heat killed a Florida sugar farm worker. The labor contractor is arguing the OSHA fine
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMcNeill Labor Management, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s online records, has contested...
Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJanet Mills vetoed her own bill. In a veto message Tuesday, Mills said “the Legislature’s changes to...
Labour vows to stamp out crime in rural areas with new strategy
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoThe strategy would see increased police patrols in rural areas, tougher measures to clamp down on...
Collapse of wind farm projects spoils New York's climate goals. Here’s why.
Politico via Yahoo News· 15 hours ago“It just keeps us on track where we're not on track to meet our climate goals, and that's worrisome. The families that need relief, that [New York’s climate] law is centered ...
UFW, Wonderful Nurseries meet for first hearing, address allegations of farmworkers being tricked...
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTuesday was also the 31st anniversary of the death of farmworkerlabor icon Cesar Chavez. Yet the...
Grapes, vegetables, flowers and senior living: all in the mix at English Meadows Farm
Roanoke Times· 5 days agoSpring was in the air and in the soil this week at English Meadows Farm, and Laura Hailey was...