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Editorial: Rising labor costs threaten Michigan's farms
Detroit News· 15 hours agoMichigan depends on its historically thriving agricultural industry in myriad ways. Annual wage...
Michigan farmers squeezed by wage hikes under migrant worker program
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoOn 2,000 acres across three counties, Nick Oomen’s family farm grows crops like asparagus, broccoli,...
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
Denver Post· 3 hours agoPrisoners across the country can be sentenced to hard labor, forced to work and punished if they...
The farm worker visa program is broken. New Biden administration policy won’t fix it | Opinion
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAdditionally, the skyrocketing wage rate used in the H-2A program that the FWMA seeks to freeze and...
California cracked down after a crash killed 13 farmworkers. Why are workers still dying on the...
The Lake County Record-Bee· 1 hour agoOn Feb. 23, a van carrying eight workers collided head-on with a pickup truck, killing all but one...
The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFDR strongly supported the addition of child labor regulations as part of his Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was primarily a minimum-wage ...
What's next for Sickles Market? The inside story of how Little Silver landmark collapsed
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoCo. Inc. said they are owed a total of more than $380,000. Farmland said the balance goes back to...
UK jobs data supports BoE rate cut, and Vodafone shares rise after earnings
The Forex Market· 2 days agoThe labour market data in the UK for March and April suggests that the jobs market is softening, the...
Driver said he smoked pot oil, took medication before Florida crash that killed 8 Mexican workers
San Francisco Chronicle· 12 hours agoA man with a long record of dangerous driving told investigators he smoked marijuana oil and took...
DUI driver in deadly Florida migrant bus crash that killed 8 denied bond: judge
WOFL via Yahoo News· 23 hours ago"The visa is employer-sponsored, so either a farmer or a farm labor contractor, who's employing...