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The fastest-growing career in the US is in wind power. Here's what employees make, what it's like,...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe Rail Splitter Wind Farm in Illinois.EDP Renewables North America The UK has long been a...
Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S.
NPR· 14 hours agoThere, fellow Chinese immigrants introduced him to labor agencies that promised to place workers...
Owatonna’s Bushel Boy fined nearly $200K for unpaid overtime wages
KMSP via Yahoo News· 6 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· 6 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 < ...
Oregon Congresswoman introduces bill to provide disaster relief to farmworkers
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoU.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas of Oregon wants farmworkers to be eligible for disaster relief money when...
Farm labourer dies in Italy after arm severed by machine
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEven workers with regular papers are often paid well below the legal wage. Almost a quarter of the...
Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source | The...
Louisiana Weekly· 16 hours agoFor decades, Angola has forced prisoners to work in fields in extreme heat. Prisoners filed an emergency motion about working in the summer heat, as part of a proposed class-action lawsuit to ...
Thailand to send farm workers to Israel for first time since Hamas attacks
Reuters via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoAround 30,000 Thai labourers had been working in the agriculture sector, comprising one of the largest migrant worker groups in Israel, before the conflict broke out last October. Caught in ...
Study underway to prevent more Washington farms from closing every day
KING5 Seattle· 6 days agoEvery day, farms of all sizes are closing in Washington state. Washington state has 32,076 farms,...
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack visits Palisade, announces awards for farms
Montrose Daily Press· 6 days agoRancho Durazno on Friday hosted U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who spoke about U.S....