Act Now: Tell your US Rep farm workers deserve overtime
News Coverage
- 01/15/2022 The Bakersfield Californian: Farmworkers, growers dissatisfied after overtime change
- 01/11/2022 The Sacramento Bee: California politics will be a lot less interesting without Lorena Gonzalez in Sacramento
- 01/11/2022 Daily Kos: ‘A great triumph for us’: California law giving farmworkers overtime time pay fully kicks in
- 01/09/2022 The Fresno Bee: California farmworkers now get overtime pay after 8 hours. Some growers say it’s a problem
- 01/08/2022 USNews: Maine Governor Vetoes Bill to Allow Farm Workers to Unionize
- 01/08/2022 The Hill: Maine governor cites rising costs in veto of farmer unionization bill
- 01/07/2022 KVPR: California farmworkers can now get overtime pay after 8 hours.
- 01/05/2022 Newsweek: AOC Uses Waitress Experience to Call Out Eric Adams For ‘Low-Skilled’ Worker Comments
- 01/02/2022 Kima TV: Agriculture workers now eligible for overtime pay after 55 hours
- 12/24/2021 Daily Kos: Chuck Grassley boasts about hosting lunch. He should also thank immigrants who made it possible
- 12/21/2021 Statesman Journal: Legislature allocates $10M to Oregon farmworkers who missed work due to extreme weather
- 12/17/2021 USA Today: Senate parliamentarian rejects latest immigration proposal in reconciliation bill
- 12/16/2021 KION 5/46: Farmworkers hold vigil in Salinas for undocumented immigrants
- 12/15/2021 NY Daily News: The hand that feeds: Congress should act to provide legal pathways for farmworker labor
- 12/15/2021 WWNY 7 News: NYS delays decision on farm worker overtime, public hearings planned
- 12/07/2021 Bakersfield Now: Farmworkers get wage increase, following lawsuit
- 12/06/2021 NPR: Calif. rules to protect outdoor workers from smoke are rarely enforced, probe finds
- 12/06/2021 Good Times Santa Cruz: Thousands of Farmworkers Will Get Pay Raises Thanks to a Lawsuit
- 12/02/2021 CALMatters: Thousands of farmworkers will get pay raises thanks to a lawsuit
- 12/01/2021 The Fresno Bee: Thousands of California farmworkers to get pay raises after lawsuit halts Trump-era freeze
- 11/25/2021 Statesman Journal: Farmworkers keep Oregonians fed, but often struggle to put food on their own tables
- 11/24/2021 The San Diego Tribune: For poor farmworkers, there is no escape from heat, high prices of California
- 11/23/2021 Axios: Democrats get hopeful sign from parliamentarian on immigration
- 11/22/2021 The Hill: 91 House Dems call on Senate to expand immigration protections in Biden spending bill
- 11/22/2021 The Los Angeles Times: For poor farmworkers, there is no escape from heat, high prices of California