Librada Paz, a former farmworker who has been a vocal in pressing the state for overtime, collective bargaining and other labor rights for farmworkers, has been named the 2012 winner of the Robert F.
SALINAS – In August 1970, the largest farmworker strike in U.S. history converged on Salinas, demanding decent wages and working conditions. The “Salad Bowl Strike” rallied thousands of farmworkers to ...
Farmworkers pick strawberries May 19, 2023, near Watsonville. California farmworkers earn under $20,000 a year and face overcrowded housing, food insecurity and health risks. A living wage would ...
Farmworker and grower groups are battling over the future of the H-2A program, as the Trump administration seeks to lower wages and provide relief to farmers who have complained for years about rising ...
A bill affirming agricultural property rights is now law in Colorado. Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed Senate Bill 25-128, which repeals part of the law allowing farm workers access to medical care ...
Gov. Jared Polis signed SB25-128 Agricultural Worker Service Providers Access Private Property, into law last week at Marc Arnusch Farms near Keenesburg. It was a righting of a major wrong brought in ...