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Farmworker Justice Update: 02/07/18 H-2A Farmworkers File Lawsuit on Abusive Labor Practices on Blueberry Farm On January 25, 2018, Columbia Legal Services, in conjunction with law firm Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of H-2A … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 02/07/2018

Farmworker Justice Update: 01/25/18 Congress Passes another Short-Term Funding Bill without Relief for Dreamers   On January 22, Congress passed another short-term funding bill, ending a government shutdown that began when the previous short-term spending bill expired on January 19. … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 01/25/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 01/12/18 Administration’s Focus on Agriculture and Rural Issues Ignores Farmworkers On January 8, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue publicly released a report that had earlier been given to President Trump by the Interagency Task … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 01/12/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 12/22/17   Christmas Tree Cutters Continue Battle to Improve Working Conditions             As many celebrate the season by purchasing and decorating a Christmas tree, it is important to think about the working conditions … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 12/22/17

Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 12/01/17  DACA and TPS Recipients Continue to Suffer from Congressional Failure to Act December will be a key time for activism to ensure that Congress protects the approximately 1 million immigrants who are currently in … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 12/01/17

Farmworker Justice Update: 11/09/17 H-2C Guestworker Proposal Approved by House Judiciary Committee               As noted in our previous updates, on October 25 the House Judiciary Committee passed the “Agricultural Guestworker Act” sponsored by Chairman Goodlatte. In order to become law, the bill … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 11/09/2017

Agricultural Guestworker Act Passed in House Judiciary Committee   On Wednesday, after multiple hours of debate over the course of two days, the House Judiciary Committee narrowly passed Chairman Bob Goodlatte's (R-VA) Agricultural Guestworker Act, HR 4092, by a vote … Read more Farmworker Justice Update 10/27/17

I had the privilege of participating in the East Coast Migrant Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health in Atlanta earlier this month. The annual Forum brings together outreach workers, advocates, medical professionals and many others who provide crucial health services … Read more Pesticides and Puerto Rico: When the Professional Becomes Personal

Representative Goodlatte’s Agricultural Guestworker Bill As summarized in our October 6th blog post, earlier this month Rep. Goodlatte postponed a scheduled meeting of the House Judiciary Committee to mark up his terribly anti-worker, anti-immigrant Agricultural Guestworker bill. Although the bill’s … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 10/18/17

Goodlatte Postpones his Agricultural Guestworker Act for Lack of Votes We are pleased to report that Rep. Goodlatte postponed the meeting of the House Judiciary Committee that was scheduled for Wednesday to mark up his terribly anti-worker, anti-immigrant Agricultural Guestworker … Read more Farmworker Justice Update 10/6/17