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John Carney's article highlights the real reasons growers have been complaining about the H-2A program and falsely claiming labor shortages– it supports their broad interest in "enacting policies to crush already low farm wages by allowing farmers to import more … Read more What the Invisible Farm Labor Shortage Is Really About

The STEM Jobs Act will be voted on in the House of Representatives Friday morning. Farmworker Justice and the United Farm Workers urge Congressional Representatives to reject this flawed bill and approach. Instead, they should come to the table to … Read more This is No Time for Piecemeal Immigration Legislation: Oppose the Stem Jobs Act

With extensive knowledge of legalization and guestworker programs, Farmworker Justice has a lot to offer the general public, immigration and labor advocates, and policymakers in the new immigration policy debate. The Washington Post on Sunday published our letter to the … Read more Be Wary of Exploiting Immigrants: Farmworker Justice’s Washington Post Letter to the Editor

Farmworker Justice, a national advocacy organization for the rights of farmworkers, today praised President Obama’s dedication of a new monument to civil rights and labor leader César E. Chávez in Keene, California. Bruce Goldstein, President of Farmworker Justice, made the … Read more Farmworker Justice Applauds Establishment of New César E. Chávez National Monument

A recent article in the Oregonian featured attacks on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for bringing a lawsuit against three blueberry growers that resulted in settlements of back pay of tens of thousands of dollars to farmworkers.  The criticism … Read more An Attack on the Enforcement of the Minimum Wage

With the nation’s attention focused on Tampa Bay for the Republican Convention, Mitt Romney’s party has adopted a platform on immigration policy that is increasingly focused on enforcement and “self deportation.” The party also called for a new “guest worker … Read more We’re a nation of immigrants, not ‘guests’ – OpEd by Farmworker Justice in Miami Herald

Farmworker Justice applauds the progress of an overtime protection for farmworkers in California. CA State Senate passed AB 1313 which would give farmworkers the right to overtime pay when they work more than 8 hours in a day or 40 … Read more CA Senate Passes Overtime Law for Farmworkers: Urge Governor Brown to Support the Legislation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) today.

The Adams/Cantor version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization bill, H.R. 4970, significantly weakens the relief available to victims of domestic violence.  VAWA is important to farmworker women as they suffer high rates of domestic violence.  In its … Read more House version of the VAWA reauthorization bill is bad for farmworkers

Following the United States Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it would withdraw its final rule requiring companies working with the USDA to certify that its subcontractors are in compliance with labor laws, Bruce Goldstein, President of Farmworker Justice, made the … Read more USDA & Federal Contract Labor Law Compliance