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MEDIA ALERT – LOS ANGELES – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Tuesday, September 14, 2021  – LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, DTLA WHAT:  Farmworker Justice Awards – Los Angeles. To kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrities and Latino community VIPs turn out … Read more EVA LONGORIA AND OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS HONORED AT FARMWORKER JUSTICE – LOS ANGELES AWARDS

(Washington, D.C.) – On September 7, 2021, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that $700 million would be made available through the new Farm and Food Workers Relief (FFWR) program to assist farmworkers and food processing (including meatpacking) workers with COVID-19 related … Read more USDA Announced $700 Million in Grant Funding for Farm and Farm Workers Impacted by COVID-19

MEDIA ALERT – LOS ANGELES – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Tuesday, September 14, 2021  – LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, DTLA WHAT:  Farmworker Justice Awards – Los Angeles. To kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrities and Latino community VIPs turn out … Read more CELEBRITIES AND INFLUENCERS TURN OUT FOR FARMWORKER JUSTICE – LOS ANGELES AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS AND HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

Farmworker Justice applauds the House of Representatives for voting today to approve a budget resolution that includes $105 billion to establish a legalization program for undocumented immigrant farmworkers, other essential workers, Dreamers, and TPS holders through budget reconciliation.  Budget reconciliation … Read more Congress Moves Toward Immigration Reform Through Budget Reconciliation

(Washington, D.C.) – On August 18, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a ban on all  use in agricultural production of food of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that has been documented to negatively impact the health of farmworkers and have … Read more EPA Bans Agricultural Uses of Chlorpyrifos in Historic Win for Farmworker Safety

(Washington, D.C.) – 08/02/21 – Last week, the Biden Administration made the alarming announcement that it intends to expand temporary foreign worker programs as part of its effort to address the humanitarian crisis in Central America. The Administration’s reliance on … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement Opposing Administration Plans to Expand Temporary Foreign Worker Programs to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Central America

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard from Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and a panel of farm industry and farmworker leaders to discuss the urgent need for agricultural immigration reform. During the hearing entitled “Immigrant Farmworkers are … Read more Senate Judiciary Committee Convenes Hearing on the Essential Role of Immigrant Farmworkers

(Washington, D.C.) – 07/20/21 – On July 16, 2021, Federal Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, adopted by the Obama Administration to partially address our broken immigration system, was not a … Read more Statement: Federal Judge Rules Against Legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, Halting New Applications, and Threatening the Program

(Washington, D.C.) The Supreme Court held on Wednesday that a decades-old California regulation allowing union organizers onto growers’ fields violated the property owners’ rights under the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause.  In a 6-3 opinion, Chief Justice Roberts disregarded the particular … Read more Statement: Supreme Court Attacks Farmworkers and Farmworker Unions in Ruling that Favors Property over Labor Rights

(Washington, D.C.) – Fifty two years ago this month, during the Stonewall Riots, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, two transgender activists, among others, bravely took a stand against police violence and harassment of the LGBTQIA+ community. Pride gatherings are … Read more Statement: Farmworker Justice stands with the LGBTQIA+ community