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- Farmworkers in the U.S.
- Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack: Irony on Shirley Sherrod Incident
- Web Documentary on Farmworkers
- FLOC shakes up RJ Reynolds Shareholders Meeting
- Bon Appetit joins campaign for fair food
- The Bandana Project
- Farmworker Awareness Week
- Slow Food USA: Farmworkers need to be part of this movement
- High Demand for "Grapes of Wrath" -- Still Relevant
- Farmworkers Producing Valuable Exports, Not Sharing in the Profits
- US Energy Secretary: Inaction on Global Warming Could Destroy California Agriculture
- Immigration/Labor Rights
- Good New York Times Editorial on Labor Trafficking But Root Cause Needs to be the Focus
- Labor Contracting Indictment Fails to Get at Root Cause
- Indictment of H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program Labor Contractor
- Growers Use Same Old Arguments to Justify Denying Overtime to Farmworkers
- Huffington Post piece touts AgJOBS bill as responsible, if unsexy
- New Jersey Radio Station Explains Farmworkers' Plight and Immigration Policy
- Farmworker Justice Statement CA Gov veto of farmworker overtime bill
- AgJOBS immigration bill gains prominence
- Gov. Schwarzenegger, Tear Down that Discrimination Against Farmworkers in Overtime Pay
- New Report on H-2B guestworkers in Maryland crab industry
- A visit to a farmworker labor camp in Maryland
- AgJOBS Hits the Political Satire Circuit: UFW President on Colbert Report
- Statement by Farmworker Justice on controversial AZ immigration law
- Guestworkers in Israel: The Story Sounds the Same as in the US
- President Obama to Speak Thursday on Immigration Reform
- Our Food System Needs Immigration Reform: UFW Launches "Take Our Jobs" Campaign
- Congressional briefing calls for end to child labor
- NY Times article on reducing child labor in NC agriculture
- How the Dept of Labor can increase enforcement of labor law & improve the lives of farmworkers
- Labor Law Violations Need Remedies - New Report by FJ and OA
- Occupational Safety of Migrant Workers Forum
- A Conservative's Argument Against the Arizona Police/Immigration Law
- Senate defeats one-sided "border only" approaches to immigration reform
- Growers Drop Lawsuit Against Obama Policies on Agricultural Guestworkers
- Students press FL Senator on Immigration Reform
- Breakfast with the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon
- Secretary of Labor speaks with Florida farmworkers
- Desperate for Farm Jobs in Spain - Farmers Choose Among the Vulnerable
- Will the Ariz. Law Imperil the Yuma Lettuce Harvest?
- Farmworkers in El Paso, Texas March Against Arizona Police/Immigration Law
- Action Alert: Call President Obama to Ask for Immigration Reform Now
- Academic's Video: Farmworkers' Wages Could Rise Without Big Impact on Consumers
- Obama calls for immigration overhaul, says Ariz. bill 'misguided'
- Op-Ed on migrant workers elicits outcries from community
- Where are your papers? Arizona Tests the Police State Option
- Prof. Cletus Daniel, Professor of Labor History, Dies
- Federal Court Rejects Agribusiness Attack on Obama Administration Rules on Agricultural Guestworkers
- NY Times Editorial Notes New Labor Enforcement at DOL
- Can Guestworkers Attend Their Own Court Hearing on Labor Rights?
- Farmworkers' Fate Under Guestworker Program in Hands of Court
- Obama Declares March 31, 2010 Cesar Chavez Day
- Urge Congress to Protect Child Laborers in Agriculture
- Farmworkers at the March for America
- The March for America -- Rally for Immigration Reform Sunday
- NY Reporter Cuts Lettuce for a Season in Arizona -- Hard Work
- Farm Bureau Reactionaries Sue Solis Over H-2A Guestworker Program Regulations
- Why Guestworker Programs Are Inherently Problematic
- Agriculture: Where All Employers Pay Below the Average Wage
- New Congressional Bill to Protect Child Farmworkers
- California Farm Jobs Remarkably Stable in Down Economy
- Tomato Pickers in Immokalee, Fla. Take Step Forward but . . .
- Growers Vent Anger But Support AgJOBS Legislation
- Forestry Company to Pay Record $2.75 Million Settlement to Foreign Guestworkers Seeking Back Wages
- It takes a village: coalition won policy change in guestworker program
- Victory: Secretary Solis Reverses Bush-Chao Guestworker Regulations: Wages and Oversight Improve
- Labor Department Reverses Bush Administration Changes to Guestworker Program
- Secretary Solis About to Reverse Bush-Chao Guestworker Regulations
- Is California's Great Central Valley the Appalachia of the West?
- Agribusiness Group Ranks Immigration/Labor as Key
- UPDATE: Solicitor of Labor Nominee Confirmed
- Florida farmworkers suffer continued job losses due to bad weather
- New York State Farmworker Rights Bill Faces Challenges
- The Immigration Reform Campaign Continues
- Sen. Schumer Plans Spring Enactment of Bipartisan Immigration Bill
- It's Legal to Pay $750/month for Working 7 Days a Week
- Census Plans to Count Indigenous Farmworkers
- Our Condolences and Best Wishes to Haiti
- Senate Confirmation Battles Impede Labor Law Enforcement
- When Does Law Enforcement Not Matter? When It's Labor Law
- Rep Gutierrez's immigration reform bill
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill to be Introduced Tuesday by Rep. Gutierrez
- Unemployment, Immigrants,Nativism and Blame
- Senators Discuss Farmworker Immigration AgJOBS Bill in Hearing
- Ohio Farmwworkers: Working Hard, Away from Families, Poor Housing
- North Carolina Advocates Cite Guestworker Report by Farmworker Justice
- The roots and misconceptions of child labor in agriculture
- Children Laboring in Michigan Blueberries - Tonight
- Bittersweet Harvest: The Smithsonian's exhibit on the Bracero Program
- Proposals on Guestworker Program Policies Submitted by Coalition
- The Economic Case for Covering Undocumented Workers in Health Care Reform
- Astronaut, Former Farmworker, Says Legalize the Undocumented
- Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Announces Proposal to Restore Labor Protections in H-2A Guestworker Program
- New reports on labor abuses in the U.S.
- Not Enough: Justice Dept. Indicts for Human Trafficking Under H-2A Guestworker program
- Diverse Task Force Recommends Earned Legalization & Worker Protections
- Senate Leaves Town Without Confirming Labor Dept. Nominees
- Obama Administration Appeals Injunction on Guestworker Program
- Confirm Those Dept. of Labor Nominees Already!
- Fair food activists in Denver kicked out of screening of Food Inc
- Update on Hagan Amendment to Senate health care bill
- STOP SEN. HAGAN’S PROPOSAL TO EXCLUDE FARMWORKERS FROM HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND HEALTH CARE REFORM
- Congressional rep's ask Labor Sec. to Appoint Special Assistant for Farmworkers' Issues
- Federal Judge in NC Stops Solis Reform of H-2A Guestworker Program
- Waiting for Court Decision on Guestworker Program Changes
- White House Meeting on Immigration Policy: Work to Do
- Immigration Legislation Planning Is Heating Up
- Article Features Farmworkers' Grinding Poverty in Coachella Valley's Grapes
- Judge Is Considering Growers' Lawsuit Against Solis on Guestworker Program
- Farmworkers Seek to Intervene in Grower Lawsuit Against Secretary Solis
- Grower Groups Sue Secretary Solis Over H-2A Program
- Exploited NY Farmworkers Seeking Legislative Reform
- NY farmworker labor bill, immigration reform and Food, Inc.
- Labor Secretary Reverses Bush's Attack on Farmworker Labor Laws
- Action Beginning on Immigration in Congress and Administration
- NY Times Editorial Supports AgJOBS, notes Farmworker Justice
- AgJOBS reintroduced!
- Washington Times Op-Ed on Bush Guestworker Changes
- May Day/Worker's Day Events
- H-2 Worker, award winning documentary now on DVD
- Ending 74 years of discrimination against agricultural workers
- Obama Plans Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
- NY Times Criticizes Labor Law Discrimination Against Farmworkers
- Call in day to support FLOC Tobacco Workers Campaign
- DOL to Growers: No weasling out of minimum wage
- Farmworker Justice statement on DOL proposal to suspend Bush Guestworker rules
- Audit Condemns Bush Wage and Hour Division
- DOL to propose suspension of Bush guestworker rules
- Secretary of Labor Plans to Suspend Midnight H-2A Regulations
- Secretary Solis is Examining the H-2A Regulations
- Bush-Chao H-2A Regulations In Effect: Stop this Legacy of Shame
- Sheriff Joe Must Go
- We have a new Secretary of Labor: Solis finally confirmed!
- Farmworkers face extra-hard times
- Gourmet magazine article: Politics of the Plate
- California Drought, Farmworker Unemployment and Guestworkers
- Senate Leaves Town Without a Vote on Solis Nomination
- What to do to Labor Law Violators? 'Cuff 'em
- Solis Approved by Senate Committee for Labor Secretary
- Farms see big crop of workers
- Guestworker Case Settles Claims from Decades Ago
- NY Times Says Fix Midnight Regulations, Including Guestworker Program
- New Administration Tries to Mitigate Some of the Damage of its Predecessor
- MIA: Secretary of Labor
- Federal Court Denies request for temporary restraining order to prevent new H2A rules from taking effect
- Democrats look for ways to undo Bush rules changes; Republicans re-evaluate anti-immigrant rhetoric
- "The Harm Elaine Chao Did" to Farmworkers, in Washington Post
- Moral Outrage in the Blogosphere to Bush's Guestworker Plan
- Holiday Brutality by Bush-Chao-Chertoff Gang of Ideologues
- Columnist Defends Bush H-2A Plans, Wage Cuts
- Solis, Labor Appointee, Critical of Guestworker Regulations, FJ Quoted
- Farm worker ally Hilda Solis to be next Sec. of Labor
- Congressional Leaders Condemn "11th hour swipe at farm workers" as Bush Guestworker Plan is finalized
- Los Angeles Times Slams Bush Over H-2A Guestworker Regulations
- NY Times Criticizes Bush Guestworker Plans, Recognizes Farmworker Justice for Exposing Abuses
- Final Regulations Changes to H-2A Guestworker Program Are Out
- Vote Now: Elect Elaine Chao "Grinch of the Year"
- California Grape Grower Pays 1.68 Million to Settle Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
- Subway agrees to pay increase for Florida tomato pickers
- Vote for Secretary of Elaine Chao as Grinch of the Year
- Farmworkers Make Growers Globally Successful
- Bush Administration's Last-Minute Regulations Violate Own Rule
- Secretary of Labor: Who and What Role?
- Guestworker Abuses from the 1940s Coincide With Bush's Outrageous Plans
- Bush Plans Thanksgiving Harvest of Shame 48 Years Later
- Guest post: Migrant Workers in Vermont
- Will David Bonior Be Secretary of Labor?
- Bush Administration Plans Damage on Exit
- Growers, Like Farmworkers, Want Immigration Reform
- Op-Ed on Guestworker Program by UFW President
- Bush Administration "No-Match" Rule Will Hurt U.S. Farmworkers
- Unemployment Rises Yet Bush Still Plans Guestworker Changes
- Guestworker Abuses from the 1940s to the 2000s
- New Report on Labor Abuses of Pineapple Workers
- Settlement Wins Backpay for Thousands of Former Braceros
- Inspector General Report Critical of Labor Dept. on Work Visas
- Michael Pollan on Future of Food Policy
- Latino Viewpoint Website Op-Ed on Bush Guestworker Plan
- Government Finds Labor Surplus in Major Rural Areas
- Sacramento Bee Article Reveals H-2A Guestworker Abuses
- Op-Ed Criticizes Bush Guestworker Plan for Agriculture
- Dreading Bush's Next Move on Guestworker Program
- NY Times Blames McCain and Obama on Immigration Policy
- David Bacon on Migration and Globalization
- The Bush Administration's Latest Assault on Immigrant Farmworkers
- Slavery case indicates more systemic problems
- Take back Labor Day and other News of Note
- A scathing assessment of the DOL's harm to workers by Rep. George Miller
- A Labor Day Attack on Farmworkers
- Fruits of their Exploitation
- Guestworkers Sue California Farm Labor Contractor
- New Washington state survey emphasizes need for housing
- Update on former UFW allies at St. Joseph's
- The Legacy of St. Joseph's: Unionizing hospital employees in California
- Labor Contracting Scams: From the Fields to Optic Cable
- Call to the fields VIII
- Call to the fields VII
- Call to the Fields Part VI
- Call to the fields Part V
- Call to the Fields: Part IV
- Call to the Fields, Part III
- Call to the Fields, Part II
- Protecting workers in trade agreements
- Special Series: Call to the Fields
- The Inhumane Legacy of Elaine Chao: Secretary of Labor
- Bush's last minute effort to undermine work place safety rules
- A visit to a labor camp in Maryland
- Canadian guestworkers unionize!
- Oh the irony! DOL investigates law firm for doing what will soon be legal
- Farmers say we need immigration reform
- Bracero Archive Shows Much to Learn from Past Mistakes
- Study: Conditions Deplorable for Canadian Farmworkers
- Autopsy, lawsuit expected today in farmworker's death
- State shuts down labor contractor for safety violations
- Escaping Responsibility: The Growers' Labor Contractor Scam
- Support Indian Citizens Victimized by U.S. Guestworker Program
- White House Distorts Agriculture Relief Act
- Demanding Accountability from RJ Reynolds
- "Jail the Illegals and Lower the Wages of the Legals"
- Florida Farmworkers Win Victory Against BK
- Two Farmworkers Slain in Florida
- Bandana Project raises awareness of plight of female farmworkers
- Current Guestworker Programs Also Bad for Guestworkers
- FJ testifies at House Hearing on Guestworker Programs
- J. Richard Cohen on the Workers at the Bottom of the Economic Food Chain
- Farmworker Justice to testify at House Hearing on Guestworkers
- New Documentary: Morristown: In the air and sun
- Senate hearing on Ending Abuses and Improving Working Conditions for Tomato Workers
- Bush's Economic Stimulus for Farmworkers: The Cattle Prod
- CIW lauches new campaign for Florida farm workers
- Ceclia Muñoz on farmworkers, xenophobia and hope
- Pesticides
- Eric Schlosser Op-Ed in NY Times Describes Human Toll of Unsafe Food and the Need for Legislation
- EPA settles lawsuit challenging rules allowing pesticide tests on people
- The end of endosulfan
- Tell EPA to finish the ban on neurotoxin chloryrifos
- 3 opportunities to protect farmworkers' kids from pesticides
- Birth Defects Cluster in Farmworker Community in Central Valley
- Farmworkers & allies ask EPA to protect kids from pesticide drift
- Growers Want to Substitute One Toxic Fumigant for Another
- "For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough"
- When is enough enough?
- N.C. takes steps to improve pesticide safety for farmworkers
- The true costs of pesticides
- EPA bans carbofuran
- Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides May Lead to Neurological Development Problems
- EPA decision on fumigants doesn't go far enough
- Farmworkers Meet with EPA
- The Human Cost of Profit Over People: Carlitos’ Story
- FJ's Deputy Director Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
- EPA Allows Pesticide Manufacturers to Use Human Guinea Pigs
- Occupational Safety
- Egg Farm Owner Had History of Unsafe Working Conditions
- Still More Preventable Farmworker Deaths from Heat Stress
- Farmworkers Prime Example of Occupational Safety Challenges Among Immigrant Workers
- Secretary Solis/OSHA Convene Latino Worker Occupational Safety Conference
- Farmworker Union Opposes Huge Water Subsidies for Calif. Agribusiness
- American Farm Bureau on the Wrong Side of History Again
- Farmworkers' Safety Still Ignored by Congressional Supporters of Ag.
- Health Care Reform Must Be Followed by Immigration Reform
- Call the White House: Demand Health Insurance Reform for Immigrant Farmworkers
- Farmworkers Deserve Health Care Reform -- Regardless of Immigration Status
- Unnecessary tragedies in California's fields
- How Else Can Farmworkers Be Denied Health Care?
- Farmworker Advocates Defeat Weakening of Heat Stress Protections in California
- 4 labor contractors shut down in CA for heat-safety violations
- H1N1 Flu: Spanish and English Resources from CDC
- Mexican Guestworkers and the 2009 H1N1 Flu (Updated)
- FLOC to screen migrant workers for swine flu
- Two health and safety news items for farmworkers
- Indigenous Farmworkers in Oregon Report Workplace Discrimination and Occupational Health Hazards
- “We lost a decade”: More Bush Administration Deregulation Disasters
- Florida Farmworker Killed in Machinery Incident
- California Requires More Humane Egg Farms
- NY Farmworker Dies in Machinery Incident
- Emergency Preparedness Should Include Everybody!
- Heat Related Illnesses 100% Preventable
- Two more farmworkers die from heat
- Autopsy Report Confirms Heat Stroke Diagnosis
- Washington State Finalizes Rules to Protect Workers from Heat-Related Illness
- Hispanics at higher risk for dying on the job
- Update on Maria Isabel
- Preventable Tragedies: Farmworkers and Heat-Stress
- HIV/AIDS issues
- News
- 2009 Annual Report Now Available
- Football Tickets Purchased: Farmworker Justice Gets Donation
- Donate for Redskins-Ravens Tickets for Saturday night; great seats
- Will Farmworkers Soon Work in Skyscrapers and Formerly Vacant City Lots?
- Farmworker Justice Has Two Jobs Open: Communications Coordinator and the new FJ Fellowship
- February 2010 -- An Important Month for Farmworkers
- Helping Florida's Farmworkers Laid Off Due to Freezes
- Thank You for Your Support During 2009
- Honoring Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- the Half in Ten Campaign
- Combined Federal Campaign Open Until Jan. 15
- Achieve Farmworker Justice in 2010
- Profile of WA Farmworker Organizer Tomas Villanueva
- Farmworker Justice Board of Directors Elects Grizelle Apodaca as Chair
- Farmworker Justice Seeks a Top-Notch Attorney -- Apply Now
- Pres. Obama Nominates Raul Yzaguirre, FJ's Honorary President, as Ambassador to Dominican Republic
- New issue of Farmworker Justice News, Volume 24
- Sen. Kennedy's Vision for Farmworkers on Video
- Sen. Edward Kennedy, Champion of Farmworkers, Dies
- Former Migrant Farmworker is Astronaut on Shuttle
- Farmworker News Roundup #17
- Farmworker News Roundup #16
- WBAI Radio program on immigrant guest workers
- Farmworker News Roundup #15
- Farmworker JusticeAward Reception May 6
- Farmworker News Roundup #14
- Farmworker News Roundup #13
- Tribute to Shelley Davis at Western Migrant Stream Forum
- Farmworker News Roundup #12
- Best Wishes From Farmworker Justice
- LA Times Obituary of FJ's Deputy Director Shelley Davis
- Shelley Davis, Farmworker Advocate: 1952-2008
- FLOC campaign for tobacco workers
- Farmworker News Roundup #11
- Farmworker Justice Auction: Great Football Game Seats
- Obama Campaign Learned from Farmworker Organizing
- Farmworker NewsRoundup #10
- Labor Movement on the Move
- Sen. Gordon Smith -- Agribusiness Owner -- Loses by a Hair
- Vote! Lots of Farmworkers Can't
- Wine Writer Visits Roots in the Vineyard
- Farmworker Justice News - Fall 2008 Issue - Is Online
- Florida Educator Award Goes to Former Migrant Worker
- Farmworker News Roundup #9
- Farmworker News Roundup #8
- Farmworker News Roundup #7
- Farmworker News Roundup #6
- News Roundup #5
- News Roundup #4
- News Roundup #3
- News Roundup #3
- News Roundup #2
- News Roundup #1
- Special Events
- Actor Tony Plana from "Ugly Betty" Co-Hosts Socially Responsible Wine Tasting
- Special NYC Socially Responsible Wine Tasting
- Challenge Grant for FJ's Socially Responsible Wine Tasting
- Socially Responsible Wine Tasting in NYC, Sept. 21
- Buy the Farmworker Justice Canoe & paddle for a great cause!
- Buy the Farmworker Justice Canoe -- Paddle for a Great Cause
- Special Guests at the Farmworker Justice Award Reception, Tuesday, May 11
- Farmworker Justice Award Reception -- A Special Evening
- Join Farmworker Justice to Honor Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
- 2 Awardees Announced by Farmworker Justice for 2010
- 55th Birthday Wish -- Support the Cause of Farmworker Justice
- Support FJ and the Socially Responsible Wine Tasting, Dec. 2
- Join this Impressive Group of Farmworker Advocacy Supporters
- Combined Federal Campaign and Farmworker Justice
- Socially Responsible Wine Tasting - Drink for a Cause!
- 8th Annual Socially Responsible Wine Tasting Supports Farmworker Justice
- Interfaith Vigil and Action for Farmworkers 7/28 in L.A.
- Charity Auction Online Bidding Ends Sunday
- Farmworker Justice Award Reception - A Great Evening
- Support Vineyards that Treat Farmworkers Decently
- One Auction Ending and Another Will Begin: All for a Good Cause
- Hawaii Retreat Charity Auction Successful
- The Auction Has Begun!!
- Join Us: 7th Annual Socially Responsible Wine Tasting
Shelley Davis Tributes and Memorials
- Shelley Davis Video Tribute
- Shelley Davis Biography
- Shelley Davis Memorial Fund
- Tribute to Shelley at the Western Migrant Stream Forum, January 2009
- Beyond Pesticides Tribute
- Pesticide Action Network Tribute
- Leave a message for Shelley's family on the Caring Bridge website
- AJPH article about Shelley