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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...
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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...
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Recently a letter, supposedly from the International Revenue Services (IRS), has been in social networks like WhatsApp. The International Revenue Service, within the Treasury Department is the tax collection agency of the United States. In the...
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Guest blog: Agricultural Workers Project (AWP) Written by Thomas Godfrey What is unemployment insurance? Unemployment insurance gives temporary benefits to eligible workers that...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Guest blog: Servicio Nacional de Empleo (SNE) Part I. In order for a placement agency of workers in Mexico to operate according to law, it should do two things: 1. Register with...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Making our voice heard to change something around us may seem complicated or even impossible. But here's great news for you: a win by the hardworking people who came together and decided to speak out. Farmworkers in Washington state...
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Guest blog: Servicio Nacional de Empleo (SNE) Part II The agencies that recruit workers for temporary jobs in other countries should confirm the seriousness of job offers, in order to safeguard the workers’ rights,...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
Hi! My name is Javier Padilla, I'm a migrant guestworker with an H-2B visa in the United States and in these lines, I write a little about my experiences and the motive that brought me to find help with the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante...
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