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Big Ag’s Latest Blow to Workers' Rights
The Nation· 12 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...
Opinion | The Workers at the Front Lines of Bird Flu
New York Times· 13 hours agoAgricultural workers have always been an underprotected population for zoonotic diseases, including influenza viruses of animal origin. When it comes to...
Temporary farmworker protections strengthened in final Labor Department rule
HR Dive· 2 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 ...
Four reasons to be concerned (but not freak out) about the bird flu
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn addition to the basic worries about worker health, the more workers become infected, the greater...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
Gannett via AOL· 4 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</ ...
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
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 5 days agoTemporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working...
Cats died after drinking raw milk from cows infected with bird flu: CDC
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoMore than half of the domestic cats on a Texas dairy farm that were fed unpasteurized milk from cows...
Lapeer County gears up for festive Cinco de Mayo celebration on Saturday
MLive.com· 3 hours agoThe celebration will take place in the community’s downtown area, near the corner of Third and Main...
Dartmouth graduate student-workers go on strike
Valley News· 2 hours agoDartmouth College’s unionized graduate students marked International Workers’ Day by going on strike, leaving classrooms vacant of teaching assistants...
