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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...
‘Beyond troubling’: Current, former government officials tied to human trafficking probe in Georgia
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo Georgia labor officials whose jobs involved protecting or advocating for farmworkers have links...
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....
Modesto homicide victim who tried to stop burglary was ‘a protector,’ family says
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEmmanuel Gomez’s sister described him as “a protector, resilient, honest, brave.” As a big brother...
What happened in the year since an Oregon farmworker died in extreme heat
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe day before he died, Sebastian Francisco Perez turned 38. He went to dinner with his nephew,...
Latinos across industries fight for fair labor practices
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn hot days, some over 100 degrees, workers spend hours harvesting fruits and vegetables for very...
She was killed in a carrot field. With her body nearby, workers say, they were told to keep picking
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoRosa Miriam Sanchez's death at Grimmway Farms has prompted questions about the driver and contractors, and why workers returned to picking carrots as her body lay nearby.
Chicano history revisited at commemoration of farmworkers’ 1973 general strike
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe first president of the United Farm Workers was César E. Chávez. Correct? Wrong! Delegates at the...
Eight of 24 defendants in Georgia's largest human trafficking case plan to plead guilty
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMore than two years after the U.S. Dept. of Justice indicted 24 people in connection with Operation...
25 Richest Billionaires in Construction and Engineering Industry
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoIn this article, we will look into the 25 richest billionaires in construction and engineering...