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The Promise of Telehealth: Increasing Access to Quality Healthcare in Rural America
Written in collaboration with Harvard's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, this paper discusses the current state of telehealth … Read more The Promise of Telehealth: Increasing Access to Quality Healthcare in Rural America
Who Works the Fields? The Stories of Americans Who Feed Us
This report offers a sampling of stories from both U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents on farms. Although a majority … Read more Who Works the Fields? The Stories of Americans Who Feed Us
From Orchards to the Internet: Confronting Contingent Work Abuses
Report by Farmworker Justice and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) on the use of labor subcontracting and abuses that … Read more From Orchards to the Internet: Confronting Contingent Work Abuses
Enforcing Fair Labor Standards in the Modern American Sweatshop: Rediscovering the Statutory Definition of Employment
1999 UCLA law review article on joint employer liability.
Farmworker Justice Praises President Obama’s Commitment to Pass Immigration Reform
Farmworker Justice statement on President Obama's 2013 immigration reform proposal.
Unfinished Harvest: The Agricultural Worker Protection Act at 30
In 1983, Congress passed the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA). To mark the thirtieth anniversary of its … Read more Unfinished Harvest: The Agricultural Worker Protection Act at 30
Fact Sheet on Proposal to Exempt Agriculture from “Hot Goods” Protection
Farmworker Justice's analysis of H.R. 1387, introduced in March 2013 by Rep. Schroder (D-OR), to exempt certain perishable agricultural commodities from … Read more Fact Sheet on Proposal to Exempt Agriculture from “Hot Goods” Protection
Fact Sheet on FLSA’s “Hot Goods” Provision
This fact sheet explains the importance of the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) protection against “hot goods,” which makes it … Read more Fact Sheet on FLSA’s “Hot Goods” Provision
U.S. Department of Labor Enforcement in Agriculture: More Must be Done to Protect Farmworkers
This 2015 report analyzes the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) statistics on its enforcement of the minimum wage and other basic labor … Read more U.S. Department of Labor Enforcement in Agriculture: More Must be Done to Protect Farmworkers
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Legislation
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 113th Congress (2013-2014)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 114th Congress (2015-2016)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 115th Congress (2017-2018)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 116th Congress (2019-2020)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
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Labor
- International Labor Issues
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - DOL Enforcement
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - Joint Employer Standard
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA)
- National Agricultural Workers Survey
- Immigration