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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

The Vital Importance of Oversight of the International Labor Recruitment System No Way to Treat a “Guest”

The Vital Importance of Oversight of the International Labor Recruitment System

Farmworker Justice and United Farm Workers (UFW) fact sheet on importance of oversight of international labor recruitment. Applauds provisions regulating international recruitment … Read more The Vital Importance of Oversight of the International Labor Recruitment System

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ILR Senate Bill Improvements to International Labor Recruitment

ILRWG Summary on Senate Bill Improvements to International Labor Recruitment

International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG) summary of reforms in S. 744 that strengthen protections for workers against international labor … Read more ILRWG Summary on Senate Bill Improvements to International Labor Recruitment

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Summary of Agricultural Immigration Stakeholder Agreement Farmworkers and Agricultural Employers Agree on the Way Forward

Summary of Agricultural Immigration Stakeholder Agreement: Farmworkers and Agricultural Employers Agree on the Way Forward

Farmworker Justice's summary of the agricultural immigration stakeholder compromise in the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of … Read more Summary of Agricultural Immigration Stakeholder Agreement: Farmworkers and Agricultural Employers Agree on the Way Forward

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Farmworkers and Immigration Priorities for Reform

Farmworkers and Immigration: Priorities for Reform

Summary of immigration reform priorities for improving farmworkers' living and working conditions, within context of comprehensive immigration reform bill of 2013 (S. … Read more Farmworkers and Immigration: Priorities for Reform

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New Agricultural Guestworker Legislation Job Loss and Wage Cuts for American Farmworkers and Exploitation of Foreign Citizens

Summary of 2015 BARN Act

Summary of "Better Agricultural Resources Now Act" (BARN) Act of 2015, H.R. 2588.

New Agricultural Guestworker Legislation Job Loss and Wage Cuts for American Farmworkers and Exploitation of Foreign Citizens

Fact Sheet on the “Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017”

Summary of the “Agricultural Guestworker Act,” H.R. 4092, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), which would create the H-2C program, … Read more Fact Sheet on the “Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017”

Fact Sheet on Immigration Reform and Agriculture

Fact Sheet on Immigration Reform and Agriculture

This fact sheet provides an overview of the immigration reform needed for farmworkers and explains why reforms to expand the … Read more Fact Sheet on Immigration Reform and Agriculture

Sign-on Letter Opposing Agricultural Guestworker Act, H

Sign-on Letter to Members of Congress Opposing the Agricultural Guestworker Act and Harmful Changes to the H-2A Program

September 2017 letter from multiple labor and immigrant rights organizations expressing their opposition to Rep. Goodlatte’s Agricultural Guestworker Act, as … Read more Sign-on Letter to Members of Congress Opposing the Agricultural Guestworker Act and Harmful Changes to the H-2A Program

Fact Sheet on the State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2017

Fact Sheet on the “State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2017”

Summary of the “State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2017,” S. 1040, introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), with … Read more Fact Sheet on the “State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2017”