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Heat killed a Florida sugar farm worker. The labor contractor is arguing the OSHA fine
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA seasonal agricultural worker with a temporary visa died on his first day at work in a Palm Beach...
US Labor Department cracks down on NC contractor for migrant farmworker abuse, wage theft
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe federal government cracked down on a migrant labor contractor in eastern North Carolina for...
Heat killed a Broward farm worker on Day 1. How much does OSHA want to fine his employer?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA farm worker came to Broward County from Mexico with his work visa on New Year’s Eve. The...
NC farmworkers settle human trafficking, wage-theft case against labor contractors
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoA group of migrant Mexican farmworkers were awarded thousands of dollars in a court settlement based...
The farm worker visa program is broken. New Biden administration policy won’t fix it | Opinion
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAmerican farmers feel like the little red hen working alone to grow the wheat, mill the flour and...
Dozens Of Kids Were Cleaning Midwest Meatpacking Plants, Labor Department Finds
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Labor Department says a sanitation contractor employed dozens of children in dangerous roles at...
Lured by high pay in NC, many migrant farmworkers end up exploited | Opinion
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 10 months agoAxel Enrique Campos Arroyo, a Mexican farmworker, thought he had found a great deal in North...
Farmworkers die in traffic every year. Are loopholes in the law allowing more crashes?
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 3 months agoTransporting laborers in passenger van-sized vehicles allows management in the agricultural industry...
Oregon's contract labor system leaves farmworkers vulnerable to exploitation
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLourdes Cortes has worked in agriculture most of her life, save a two-year stint cleaning houses. The 42-year-old thought 10-12 hour days and safety risks were par for the course in agricultural ...
Labor unions' objections delay California investigation into wage theft system
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA cannabis worker points out a ledger page tallying money owed to workers in 2021 by a licensed...