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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Administrator Scott Pruitt has taken steps to weaken and remove important protections against exposure of farmworkers, their children and their communities to pesticides that can cause serious injury, illness and even death.  A broad-based … Read more Coalition Demands Sensible Protections Against Pesticides

To commemorate National Farmworker Awareness Week  (March 24-31, 2018), Farmworker Justice staff are writing blogs that touch on different aspects of farmworkers' living and working conditions. “Life here is very hard when we harvest fruits and vegetables. The sun burns … Read more Unidos Update and Farmworker Awareness Week

To commemorate National Farmworker Awareness Week  (March 24-31, 2018), Farmworker Justice staff are writing blogs that touch on different aspects of farmworkers' living and working conditions. "Well, thanks to this work that we do every day, on the one hand … Read more Farmworkers Shouldn’t Have to Sacrifice Safety and Health

To commemorate National Farmworker Awareness Week  (March 24-31, 2018), Farmworker Justice staff are writing blogs that touch on different aspects of farmworkers' living and working conditions. "I’m one more person who comes to this country looking for a better life … Read more Farmworker Awareness Week Immigration Blog

To commemorate National Farmworker Awareness Week  (March 24-31, 2018), Farmworker Justice staff are writing blogs that touch on different aspects of farmworkers' living and working conditions. "Although it’s so very hot, even so we work 13 hours each day without … Read more National Farmworker Awareness Week – Overtime Pay

Farmworker Justice Update: 03/23/18 Congress Passes FY 2018 Appropriations Bill, Presidential Approval Still Pending Last night, Congress approved an omnibus appropriations package covering the rest of FY 2018. FY 2018 began on October 1, 2017 and runs through September 30, … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 03/23/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 03/01/18 Rep. Goodlatte’s Guestworker Bill Revised in Effort to Gain Agribusiness Support As noted in previous updates, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is reportedly pushing House leadership for a vote on his anti-immigrant bill, the “Securing America’s Future … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 03/01/18

Now beginning its third year, Farmworker Justice’s project “United Eliminating Barriers to Skin Cancer Prevention” (Unidos) is off to a busy start. Funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation’s Specialty Care for Vulnerable Populations® Initiative, Unidos joins Farmworker Justice with community-based partners … Read more Unidos Update: February

Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 02/16/18 Results of Senate Immigration Vote and Possible House Debate on Immigration/Guestworker Legislation On February 15, the U.S. Senate rejected four immigration proposals, none of which garnered the 60 votes needed to pass in the … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 02/16/18

Farmworker Justice Update on Senate Immigration Deliberation – 02/15/18 The Senate is currently debating immigration policy proposals to address President Trump’s termination of DACA, which has put Dreamers, some of whom are the children of farmworkers, in limbo and in … Read more Farmworker Justice Update on Senate Immigration Deliberation – 02/15/18