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Bushel Boy Farms in Owatonna to pay $200K in back wages, damages
Tribune via AOL· 4 days agoBushel Boy Farms is paying nearly $200,000 in back wages and damages to 94 employees for unpaid...
Farm labourer dies in Italy after arm severed by machine
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEven workers with regular papers are often paid well below the legal wage. Almost a quarter of the...
Laos’ runaway inflation forces some to flee, others to get creative
South China Morning Post· 5 days agoHighly dependent on imports, the Southeast Asian nation has seen prices for basic necessities, from...
‘You feel death at your doorstep but have no choice’: Extreme heat takes toll on outdoor workers
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 11 hours agoA dog cools off in a fountain in the Commons during a heatwave in Boston on June 19. - Joseph...
Owatonna’s Bushel Boy fined nearly $200K for unpaid overtime wages
KMSP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDLI’s investigation found that employees of Bushel Boy and Oro Valley Ag Services LLC – a farm labor contractor registered in Arizona – were not compensated ...
In an industry first, 150 migrant farm workers at Highline Mushrooms join the union UFCW 1518
Digital Journal· 3 days agoThe mushroom industry is built on the labour of the migrant agricultural workers who staff the farms, working long, grueling hours, being paid by the piece or making barely over minimum < ...
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack visits Palisade, announces awards for farms
The Daily Sentinel· 7 days agoVilsack announced that the USDA was awarding $50 million to 141 farms in 40 states and Puerto Rico...
Owatonna's Bushel Boy agrees to pay nearly $200K in overtime wages to migrant workers
CBS News· 4 days agoOwatonna-based Bushel Boy has agreed to pay nearly $200,000 in backpay to almost 100 of its workers...
Study underway to prevent more Washington farms from closing every day
KING5 Seattle· 3 days agoEvery day, farms of all sizes are closing in Washington state. Washington state has 32,076 farms,...
'More at risk than everyone else': Advocates say more needs to be done to protect farmworkers
Ocala Star Banner via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRuiz also said the association is determining what course of action to take. Federal investigation...