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Notice regarding lawsuit against Precision 2000, Inc. Click here to learn more.
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Maribel and Reyna, two crawfish workers, were fired by their employer for seeking medical treatment after they became infected with COVID-19 at their workplace in Louisiana. With CDM’s support, they filed a whistleblower...
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order on January 21, 2021, which directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue guidance for employers on protecting workers against COVID-19. In the order,...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
At the end of November, California’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (Cal-OSHA) and the Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB) put into place new safety measures for agricultural workers. Now...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
In rural West Texas, one worker’s willingness to stand up to her employer has led to a federal consent decree mandating increased protections for over 100 workers against the coronavirus. On January 15th, an El Paso...
September 17, 2022 | 0 comments
According to a new model developed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), those without symptoms of the coronavirus transmit more than half of all cases. Fifty-nine percent of all coronavirus...
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On December 29, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York stayed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rules that would roll back important protections for farmworkers, including protections from pesticides....
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On December 23, 2020, a California state court issued a temporary restraining order mandating that Foster Poultry Farms immediately implement COVID-19 safety measures for their workers. The case, United Farm Workers of America et al. v...
September 23, 2022 | 0 comments
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) recently determined that Flo-Ag LLC, an agricultural labor contracting company in Labelle, Florida, violated the rules of the H-2A program and the Agricultural Worker...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
On November 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendations regarding work protocols in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Above all, they highlight that workers in essential industries should...