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October 17, 2022 | 0 comments
Heat stroke is a severe, but completely preventable, disease that can result in death. This disease happens when someone spends too much time in the sun in very strong heat. Each year, about 600 people in the United States die of heat stroke. It...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
The J-1 Exchange Visitor Program was created by the Department of State (DOS) in 1961 to enhance diplomacy and foster cultural exchange. It now consists of 14 different programs employing hundreds of thousands of workers in a range of...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Oliver Benzon, a former worker in the J-1 Summer Work Travel Visa program, shares his experiences in order to demonstrate the serious need to regulate the recruitment of J-1 workers to protect against fraud, discrimination, and...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
A new report released today, “ Shining a Light on Summer Work: A First Look at the Employers Using the J-1 Summer Work Travel Visa ,” reveals the realities of the J-1 Summer Work Travel Visa program (SWT) -- that it can be...
October 17, 2022 | 0 comments
Domestic workers, like farmworkers have been overlooked, devalued, and historically excluded from crucial federal labor and civil rights laws since the days of slavery, some of which include minimum wage, overtime, and helath, safety...
October 11, 2022 | 0 comments
A potentially deadly heat wave is sweeping across the United States this week. Dangerously high temperatures are being reported in various states across the country, from New York to Colorado. In these states, temperatures are rising above 100...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Rosa was working on an H-2A visa harvesting lettuce in central California when she fell off a tractor and broke her leg. After she fell, her foreman told her to go “rest it off” in the trailer where she was housed. Rosa...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Last week, President Donald Trump announced that ICE will conduct raids to detain undocumented immigrants and deport them. On June 17, Trump said that immigration agents plan to make mass arrests starting this week. To read the full...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Yesterday, five former H-2B workers demanded a resolution to a long-fought battle over the wages owed to them and thousands of other workers. Represented by CDM and Public Citizen Litigation Group, they filed a lawsuit against the U.S....
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Last week, the New York State legislature approved new protections for farmworkers, titled The Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, extending a number of labor rights to farmworkers for the first time in New York state. The landmark...
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