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H-2A FY 2018 4Q Data Now Available            The Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) recently released H-2A program data for the fourth quarter of FY 2018. There were a total of 242,762 H-2A positions certified for all … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 10/19/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 10/04/18 President Signs FY 2019 Appropriations Package, Including CR for Various Pending Bills On September 28, President Trump signed a spending package for FY 2019, which began October 1. The package includes full-year funding for various programs, … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 10/04/18

Farmworker Justice (FJ) condemns the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to immigration policy regarding the “public charge” requirement that would deny visas and permanent resident status, and ultimately U.S. citizenship, to low-wage immigrant workers.    The proposed rule drastically expands the … Read more Statement on Trump Administration’s Proposed “Public Charge” Rule Denying Poor People the Opportunity for Immigration Status and Citizenship

It needs to be said:  Farmworkers’ wage rates are too low.  Farmworkers provide us with abundant, safe, healthy food at relatively low cost.  They work hard in one of the most dangerous jobs in the nation. They should be compensated … Read more Farmworkers’ Low Wage Rates Have Risen Modestly; Now Congress May Pass a Law to Lower Them

Farmworker Justice Update: 09/07/18 Congressional Action Post-Recess Congress returned from August recess this week and has a limited number of legislative days left before the mid-term elections. Below are some of the key issues currently being considered: Appropriations: Potential Impacts … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 09/07/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 08/15/18 H-2A Data Published for Third Quarter of FY 2018 The Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) recently released H-2A program data for the third quarter of FY 2018.  The data shows that there … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 08/15/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 07/27/18 New Goodlatte Bill Introduced but Not Voted on As House Congressional Recess Begins On July 18, Rep. Goodlatte (VA) introduced yet another version of his anti-worker, anti-immigrant and anti-family agricultural guestworker bill. The new bill, the “AG and Legal … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 07/27/18

The House Appropriations Committee today, in the spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security, inserted a fundamental, substantive policy change to the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program. The amendment would expand the scope of the H-2A program to … Read more Farmworker Justice Condemns House Amendment to the DHS Appropriations Bill Expanding the H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program to Year-Round Jobs

Farmworker Justice Update: 07/06/18 Sen. Harris and Rep. Grijalva Introduce Overtime Bill for Farmworkers On June 25, the 80th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Sen. Harris (CA) and Rep. Grijalva (AZ) introduced the “Fairness for Farm Workers … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 07/06/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 04/26/18 H-2A Program Statistics for Second Quarter of FY 2018 Show Continued Expansion The Office of Foreign Labor Certification recently published statistics on the H-2A program for the second quarter of FY 2018.  Over 80,000 positions were … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 04/26/18