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Recent News

Department of Homeland Security Proposes New Rule for H-2A Program
September 19, 2023 Remembering grape striker & dedicated farm worker activist Elizer Vasquez
September 18, 2023 High Country News: Farmworkers fight for higher pay, better hours and fair treatment
September 18, 2023 United Farm Workers President to join PHX Airport Service Workers Escalating Demand for Good Jobs as FAA Reauthorization Deadline Looms
September 18, 2023 UFW Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge against Lynn-Ette Farms Owner Darren Roberts
September 12, 2023 UFW & UFW Foundation Welcome Department of Labor’s Proposed H-2A Rules
September 12, 2023 Mourning nonviolence change maker Father Louis Vitale OFM, who championed Cesar Chavez and the farm workers’ cause
September 9, 2023 KGET: United Farm Workers killed in 1973 strike for rights honored
September 6, 2023 Salon: It’s been a big year for the labor movement. What about farmworkers?
September 6, 2023 NPR: Creating a heat standard for vulnerable farmworkers could take years

Windmill (Ostrom) Mushrooms
CA Ag Labor Relations Voting Choice Act (AB 2183)
CoronaVirus
Immigration: Farm Workforce Modernization Act
National Heat Regs
CA Heat Regs Settlement with state will help prevent heat deaths
CA Overtime (AB 1066) 2016 Learn about CA's AB1066, “The Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016.”
Overtime: Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Urge OSHA to implement emergency heat standards
Senate vote imminent: Act to save highest-paying domestic farm jobs
New action you can take to help to help Sunnyside mushroom workers
The situation at this WA mushroom company is getting worse & worse. Please donate to help
Ostrom Mushrooms: Help us track how mushrooms move across North America
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Congress: Farm workers need legal status NOW
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