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Farmworkers
Newsom Threatens to Veto Farmworker Union Bill as He Buys $14.5M Vineyard
The bill protects farmworkers from employer retaliation and makes it easier to cast union election ballots by mail.
Hundreds of California Farmworkers Are Marching for Union Voting Rights
The marchers are demanding better legal protections against voter suppression by employers in union elections.
Migrant Farmworkers Are Being Left Out of Roundup Cancer Compensation
Many migrant farmworkers fear seeking justice due to their undocumented status and lack of legal resources.
To Protect Themselves From Heat Waves, the Working Class Needs to Get Organized
There is growing awareness among climate activists that workers’ rights and the future of the climate are inseparable.
Ag Giant Resisted Efforts to Change Toxic Weed Killer Formula to Protect Profits
Internal corporate documents dating back to 1968 detail the need to make the ubiquitous herbicide safer for humans.
Supreme Court Case on Farmworker Protections Could End Up Harming All Regulation
A legion of well-funded right-wing think tanks is leading the charge to dismantle these protections.
Many Agricultural Workers Still Can’t Get COVID Vaccine as Growing Season Begins
Exclusion from vaccine eligibility is emblematic of how farmworkers, many of them migrants, are treated in general.
Latinx Farmworkers Risking Their Lives During COVID Struggle to Access Vaccines
Roughly 2.5 million U.S. farmworkers labor under dangerous and exploitative circumstances
Essential Farmworkers Deserve Protections From Pesticide Exposure
We need to better safeguard the health of the people who feed our nation.
Latinx Farmworkers Are Purchasing Failing Farms From White Owners
Latinx farm owners stand at the intersection of racial justice and food justice.