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August 29, 2024 In News

Bloomberg Law: Foreign Farmworker Safeguards in Doubt as DOL Tests Its Power

Safeguards in the regulations like seatbelt requirements for employer-provided transportation are a “life and death issue” for many foreign workers in the US, said Leys of FarmSTAND. ...

August 29, 2024 In News

Georgia judge rules in favor of states against new labor rule for farmworker protections

Eberly also pointed out a main argument from the amicus brief, that the reform to H-2A in turn protects domestic farm workers, by helping prevent what she calls a “race to the bottom,” a scenario where a lack of regulation pushes agriculture employers to prefer...

June 17, 2024 In News

Law360: Iowa Seeks To Mute ‘Ag-Gag’ Law First Amendment Challenge

"'The ag-gag law is an attack on traditional democratic processes,' Espey said in a statement Monday. 'In its brief, the state does not even attempt to justify this use of the law, yet it has rebuffed plaintiffs' offer of settlement and insisted on filing additional...

June 5, 2024 In News

Bloomberg Law: Bird Flu Outbreak Sparks Call for Dairy Farms to Protect Workers

"Workers who raise health concerns with their supervisors are further protected by the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s anti-retaliation provisions, said Amal Bouhabib, senior staff attorney with the worker advocacy group FarmSTAND."...

May 31, 2024 In News

Law360: Group Sued Over Immigrants’ Benefits Too Late, Panel Holds

"The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center is represented by John C. Philo of the Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, and David S. Muraskin of FarmSTAND."...

May 21, 2024 In News

The Washington Post: N.C. to pay $885,000 to animal rights groups for undercover-video suit

"The case was litigated by attorneys from the nonprofit Public Justice, which has since spun off its agriculture-related work into a group called FarmStand. It was backed by animal rights groups as well as free-speech and media organizations."...

May 14, 2024 In News

Law360: Colo. Org Lacks Standing In Access Law Row, Judge Says

Kelsey Eberly, who represents Colorado Legal Services, said in a statement that the judge's decision is a "victory for human decency, and for the health and well-being of farmworkers in the state." "It is also a rebuke to corporate agribusiness attempts to elevate an employer's private...

April 26, 2024 In News

Foreign Farmworker Labor Protections Bolstered in Final Rule

"The revised language recognizes various ways farmworkers can be vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, said Nathan Leys, a staff attorney at FarmSTAND. 'The broader problem is the isolation of these workers,' he said. 'You need to tackle all of the ways that being isolated affects...

March 13, 2024 In News

How Corporations Are Testing a Fringe Legal Theory That Could Derail the Labor Movement and Undermine Workers’ Rights

"As someone who has spent much of my professional career representing advocates and workers fighting back against corporate agriculture giants, one of the most egregious arguments I’ve seen is that property rights supersede the rights of workers – a tactic that’s become increasingly popular in...

January 26, 2024 In News

‘Dark forces’: how US corporations turned to courts in fight against unions

“What the Colorado Livestock Association is doing in Colorado to try to weaponize the supreme court’s more business-friendly precedent is happening across the country,” said Kelsey Eberly, a senior attorney with FarmSTAND who is representing farm workers in an attempt to dismiss the lawsuit opposing...