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Yesterday, the House passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill that repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The AHCA would roll back the gains farmworkers and their families have made under the ACA. In addition to … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on the American Health Care Act

Farmworker Justice welcomes the introduction of the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017 and supports its enactment.  We thank Senator Feinstein for her leadership in support of reasonable, workable and fair immigration reform. This bill provides progress toward comprehensive immigration … Read more Statement on the Introduction of the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017

Today, President Trump issued an Executive Order addressing agricultural and rural prosperity.  The Order calls for an interagency task force that will make recommendations to address the rural economy. Among the issues to be considered is ensuring that farmers have … Read more Statement of Farmworker Justice on Executive Order on Rural America

BRIEFING: International Labor Recruitment: Cross-Cutting Analysis of the H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B Programs Each year over a million temporary workers enter the United States to work in a wide range of industries, from low-wage jobs in agriculture and landscaping, to … Read more Congressional Briefing 4/5 :International Labor Recruitment: Cross-Cutting Analysis of the H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B Programs

Farmworker Justice is celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week from March 24 to March 31st ! Follow our blog as we highlight issues farmworkers face. 

“President Trump signed two executive orders today that threaten some of our country’s most essential values, including diversity and the right to due process, and will inflict great harm on innocent people,” said Bruce Goldstein, President of Farmworker Justice, a … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on President Trump’s Plans for Anti-Immigrant Executive Actions

Farmworker Justice will recognize David Damian Figueroa with its Dolores Huerta Award Thursday, February 23, honoring his important contributions towards advancing  farmworkers’ quest for justice throughout his career in business and at nonprofit organizations. Mr. Figueroa, an executive with Frontier … Read more Farmworker Justice Honors David Damian Figueroa and Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce

Farmworker Justice is pleased that the EPA has published important changes to regulations that govern the certification, training and supervision of individuals who apply high-risk pesticides. The Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule (40 CFR 171), which has not been updated … Read more FARMWORKER JUSTICE’S STATEMENT ON EPA’S CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATORS RULE

Most representatives of agricultural employers and farmworkers agree that immigration reform is desperately needed so that the hard-working, experienced agricultural workers who lack authorized immigration status have an opportunity to earn immigration status and a path to citizenship. However, the … Read more LTE: Agriculture and Immigration Article One Sided

“A Framework for Managing Immigration,” by Eduardo Porter (Economic Scene column, Oct. 26), supports a proposal for a United States-Mexico temporary foreign worker program made by the Center for Global Development. In discussing the Bracero guest worker program, the column … Read more NYT Letter to the Editor : Guest Worker Programs