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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...
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 ...
Firefighters who risked their lives fighting wildfires were paid less than legal minimum by a...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA firefighter works through the remains of a burned-out house on September 14, 2020 in Estacada,...
The most dangerous season to drive to work is beginning for farmworkers in Oregon, across US
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRichard Longo spends a lot of time in meetings with farmworkers and their employers talking about...
'Narco slaves': Migrant workers face abuse on Oregon's cartel-run, illegal pot farms
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA day after Alejandra, which is not her real name, arrived for a job harvesting marijuana at a farm...
A polygamous cult, Amazon warehouses, and child exploitation: An ex-member of a Mormon sect says he...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoWendell Jeffson in a boom lift at the Amazon warehouse in Shelby, Michigan, when he was 17.Courtesy...
For women farmworkers in Oregon, pathways to progress aren't always easy
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBased on smell alone, you’d be forgiven for thinking the office building in downtown Woodburn was a...
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...
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,...
After years of fights, Forest Service moves forward on tree removal in Labor Day Fire scar
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Forest Service agreed to cut fewer trees within the scar of the Labor Day fires in a...