Comments submitted in response to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)’s proposed rule entitled “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings” by Farmworker Justice, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), and signed by 20 additional organizations. FJ MCN Heat Standard Comments_1.14.25
This Issue Brief examines the causes of food insecurity among agricultural workers, describes federal programs intended to address food insecurity, and presents best practices and recommendations to improve food security for agricultural workers
This FJ issue brief informs service providers about policies and promising practices to promote language access for LEP patients.
Issue brief prepared for FJ’s Environmental Justice Symposium (May 17 & 18th, 2022) addressing the impacts of the climate crisis on farmworkers in the areas of heat stress, pesticide exposure, food security, and water access.
Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on heat stress and heat-related illness.
This fact sheet discusses Virginia’s final and permanent standard to protect workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On February 19, 2021, Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Representative Linda Sanchez (DCA) introduced the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 in the Senate and House, respectively. The bill, if passed, would create a path to citizenship for the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants…
A summary of the negotiations over the years that resulted in AgJOBS legislation.
A summary of AgJOBS in the 108th Congress.
Summary of AgJOBS in the 109th Congress.