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Farmworker Justice has been awarded a two-year grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Specialty Care for Vulnerable Populations® Initiative to implement a community mobilization project that will promote community integration and reduce the impact of skin cancer among farmworkers and … Read more Farmworker Justice Awarded Skin Cancer Prevention Grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

This week NPR aired a story "Guest Workers, Legal Yet Not Quite Free, Pick Florida's Oranges” that featured an H-2A worker, otherwise known as an agricultural guestworker. In an interview at the beginning of the program, a grower of Florida … Read more Digging Deeper: The real reason the H-2A program is expanding in Florida

Today, Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor, issued guidance on enforcement of the minimum wage and other protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on US Department of Labor’s New Wage-Hour Guidance on “Joint Employment”

Today we celebrate the news that the United States Supreme Court will review the legality of President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The DAPA and expanded DACA programs are on hold due to a district court injunction, which was upheld … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Review Legality of President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration

The International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG) is deeply disappointed that the proposed House of Representatives 2016 Omnibus spending bill contains provisions that strip protections and lower wages in the H-2B program. These shameful provisions will result in pink slips … Read more Omnibus Budget Bill Strips Protections for H-2B and U.S. Workers

On Monday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in Texas v. U.S., upholding the lower court’s order blocking President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The court’s 2-1 decision prevents the Administration from implementing DAPA (Deferred Action … Read more Statement of Farmworker Justice on the Appellate Court Ruling on Immigration

The U.S. Department of Labor today released new regulations for employment of guestworkers that herd sheep and other livestock on the open range. The regulation, issued under the H-2A temporary foreign worker program will replace outdated guidance which allows employers to … Read more New H-2A guestworker program rule on sheepherders increases wages but problems remain

Farmworker Justice is pleased that the EPA has issued an improved Worker Protection Standard (WPS) today and that it includes many important new protections from exposure to pesticides for farmworkers. Farmworkers are routinely exposed to high levels of pesticides in … Read more Farmworker Justice’s Statement on EPA’S Worker Protection Standard

The Migration Policy Institute held a briefing on September 16, 2015 titled “ What's New in Farm Labor? Immigration and the Agricultural Sector.” The briefing largely focused on data trends in the farm labor market and whether there are indications … Read more Briefing on Farm Labor Highlights Recent Data Trends

The Migration Policy Institute held a briefing on September 16, 2015 titled “ What's New in Farm Labor? Immigration and the Agricultural Sector.” The briefing largely focused on data trends in the farm labor market and whether there are indications … Read more Briefing on Farm Labor Highlights Recent Data Trends