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Executive Order on Rural Communities On April 25, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order on “Promoting Agricultural and Rural Prosperity in America,” establishing an inter-agency task force to develop policies in this area, including changes that “ensure access to … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 5/1/17

Rep. Duffy Bill Would Expand H-2A to Year-Round Dairy Jobs On April 12, 2017, Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) introduced the “Defending the Agricultural Industry’s Requirements Year-round Act of 2017” (the DAIRY Act), HR 2087. This bill would significantly expand the … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update: 04/18/17

Agricultural Employers Weigh In with Trump on Immigration A national coalition of 70 agricultural employer associations last week sent President Trump a letter stating its interest in immigration reform.  The letter is posted on the website of the Agricultural Workforce … Read more Farmworker Justice Special Immigration Policy Update April 6, 2017

We are delighted to host guest blogger LeAnne R. Ruzzamenti, Director of Marketing Communications for the Equitable Food Initiative Equitable Food Initiative brings together growers, retailers, farmworkers and consumers to transform agriculture and create a safer, more equitable food system. It’s a … Read more Hope: Transforming agriculture to improve the lives of farmworkers |National Farmworker Awareness Week

Farmworker Justice is honored to host guest blogger Mónica Ramírez for today's post. Mónica serves as the Director of Gender Equity and Advocacy at National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) and the Director of Gender Equality for the Labor Council for Latin American … Read more Resistance:Equal Pay for Farmworker Women | National Farmworker Awareness Week

In November 2015, the EPA finalized important revisions to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, (WPS), which provides protections from pesticide poisoning and injury for farmworkers, pesticide handlers, and their families. Those highly overdue changes took effect January 2nd of this … Read more Family: National Farmworker Awareness Week Day 6

New Farmworker Justice “Know Your Rights” Materials Available Online Farmworkers need to understand and know how to protect their Constitutional rights under any circumstances, but the threat of immigration enforcement in farmworker communities has made this need urgent. The large … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update: 3/29/17

Day 5 of National Farmworker Awareness Week focuses on farmworker health.  Farmworker Justice has been working to protect  farmworkers' access to health care through close monitoring of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the impacts any changes would have for farmworkers.  Current … Read more Health: National Farmworker Awareness Week 2017

A majority of the nation’s 2.5 million farmworkers are undocumented immigrants. Recent and proposed changes in immigration policy are having a significant impact on farmworkers’ daily lives and livelihoods, as well as on the industries in which they work. In … Read more Borders: National Farmworker Awareness Week 2017

From 2000 to 2014, Latinos accounted for over half of all population growth in the US. Although birth and immigration rates among Latinos have slowed since the Great Recession, as of 2014 Latinos made up 17% of the general US … Read more Culture: National Farmworker Awareness Week 2017