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Landmark labor decision could have ‘profound’ impact on California agricultural industry
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoCalifornia labor officials have issued civil penalties to an employer that fired a group of...
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....
Lured by high pay in NC, many migrant farmworkers end up exploited | Opinion
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAxel Enrique Campos Arroyo, a Mexican farmworker, thought he had found a great deal in North...
Oconomowoc apartment project workers are getting $1.2 million. Labor laws were violated
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoConstruction companies that worked on a large Oconomowoc apartment development are paying an...
United Farm Workers marchers stop in Stockton on way to California capitol
The Stockton Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDolores Huerta joined a crowd of about 300 at Constitution Park in Stockton to greet United Farm...
Overtime law was supposed to help these California workers. Many make less money now
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoAs a 2016 California law requiring agricultural employers to pay overtime continues to roll out in...
Guest column: Remembering the 1903 Sugar Beet Strike in Oxnard
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne-hundred-and-twenty years ago this month, the Japanese Mexican Labor Association achieved victory in a bitter strike. This group of JMLA betabeleros (sugar beet workers), in a rare instance ...
Lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings — and other labor news
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoTake a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week:...
Proposal creating payroll loan for agricultural employers clears Oregon Legislature
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOregon senators passed a bill Thursday that would create a loan program for eligible agricultural...
Extreme weather, delayed 2022 growing season strained Mid-Valley farms
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoElizabeth Miller has grown vegetables for the Salem community for 15 years. This was the hardest...