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Washington, DC – Farmworker Justice applauds President Obama for taking action to address our broken immigration system. Farmworker Justice has been helping farmworker organizations advocate for a more just immigration system because immigration policy has profound impacts on farmworkers, their … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on President Obama’s Announcement of Executive Action on Immigration

Farmworker Justice is deeply disappointed in President Obama's delay of anticipated administrative relief to fix our broken immigration system. In June, after the House of Representative’s failure to pass needed immigration legislation, the President had announced that he would take … Read more Farmworker Justice’s Statement on Obama’s Delay of Administrative Relief

Farmworkers, public health advocates, labor organizations, and public officials, were among the more than 175,000 who submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling on the agency to strengthen its Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS). The WPS … Read more More Than 175,000 People Call for Stronger Workplace Protections for Farmworkers

About 2.5 million men and women work on our nation’s farms and ranches; nobody knows how many of them are laboring on Monroe County’s more than 450 farms. It is hard work, made worse by our inhumane national immigration system … Read more Democrat & Chronicle Op Ed: Farmworkers are mistreated

Farmworker Justice President Bruce Goldstein participated in a White House press conference Thursday where President Obama signed a new Executive Order governing labor practices by federal contractors that could benefit American farmworkers, whose existing labor protections are often violated. The … Read more FARMWORKER JUSTICE APPLAUDS EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH MAY STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing today on the Labor Department’s enforcement of the minimum wage for farmworkers using the so-called “hot goods” section of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Some … Read more Rural House Members Pressure Labor Department to Stop Enforcing ‘Hot Goods’ Provision on Farm Produce

Today, President Obama announced that he will take executive action to reform our immigration system. The President’s remarks came after House Speaker Boehner told him that the House would not pursue a vote this year on much-needed immigration reform. This … Read more President Obama Plans Action in Response to Speaker Boehner’s Refusal to Call a Vote on Immigration Reform

Comprehensive Reform Would Benefit His Agricultural-Dependent District  Today, House Republicans elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as their new majority leader, a position that gives him the power to bring long-stalled comprehensive immigration reform to the floor for a vote. “Rep. McCarthy … Read more Rep. McCarthy Must Use His New Role as Majority Leader to Tackle Immigration Reform

Washington State berry grower Sakuma Brothers Farms has withdrawn its application asking the federal government to allow it to employ as many as 438 foreign H-2A “guest workers” to harvest its berries this season. Sakuma had made the application after … Read more Victory for Washington State Berry Pickers as Sakuma Brothers Farms Withdraws its Application for H-2A Guestworkers

 Environmental, health, and farmworker advocacy groups filed an Administrative Objection and a court appeal this week, challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) refusal to quickly correct errors in pesticide registrations and its refusal to immediately implement protective measures to safeguard … Read more Groups Challenge EPA Failure to Protect Children from Pesticides