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August 5, 2024 In Press Release

Worker Legal Services and Education Groups File Amicus Brief on Need for OSHA ‘Walkaround’ Rule

A variety of national and state-based organizations that provide education and legal services to workers have filed an amicus brief in defense of a critical Biden Administration rule related to worker safety protections. Sur Legal Collaborative, Worksafe, Justice at Work Pennsylvania, National Black Worker Center, National...

July 16, 2024 In Press Release

Farmworker Advocates, Workers File Amicus Brief Defending Biden H-2A Protections

Late yesterday, a group of farmworker advocates - and workers who have labored alongside H-2A agricultural workers - filed an amicus brief in a meritless legal challenge to the Biden Administration’s recently finalized rule protecting the rights of workers in temporary agricultural employment. The amici groups are...

May 20, 2024 In Press Release

North Carolina Must Pay $884,987 in Attorneys’ Fees for Defending “Anti-Sunshine” Law

Late Friday, the state of North Carolina agreed to pay a public interest coalition that successfully struck down North Carolina’s “Ag-Gag” law $884,987 in attorneys’ fees, as a result of the state’s efforts to defend the law for years. The plaintiff groups successfully sued to...

May 14, 2024 In Press Release

Judge Rejects Challenge to Colorado Law Guaranteeing Farmworker Access to Essential Services

Late Friday, a Colorado judge rejected a legal challenge to a state law that ensures that farmworkers can access essential services like doctors, teachers, clergy members, community aid workers, and attorneys. Judge Martin F. Egelhoff's ruling dismissed the Colorado Livestock Association’s suit that sought to strike...

September 20, 2023 In Press Release, Uncategorized

New Legal Advocacy Hub to Target Corporate Control Over the Food System

Litigators and community advocates announced a new organization, FarmSTAND, to address the harms of corporate-controlled industrial agriculture and advance a just and regenerative food system....

September 14, 2023 In Press Release

Colorado Agricultural Worker Advocates Continue Fight to Uphold State’s Workers’ Rights in Latest Intervention

“Today’s intervention underscores the ongoing importance of protecting farmworkers’ access to vital services, which is clearly protected under the law.”...

June 12, 2023 In Press Release

Washington State Dairies Agree to Clean Up Groundwater in Response to Lawsuit

YAKIMA, WA — In a court settlement filed Friday, DBD Washington, LLC and SMD, LLC, two factory farm dairies in Yakima Valley, WA owned by Austin Jack DeCoster, agree to clean up and limit water pollution in response to a lawsuit brought by Community Association...

June 12, 2023 In Press Release

Las Lecherías del Estado de Washington Están Acuerdan Limpiar las Aguas Subterráneas en Respuesta a una Demanda

YAKIMA, WA — En una conciliación judicial presentada el viernes, DBD Washington, LLC y SMD, LLC, dos granjas industriales en el Valle de Yakima, propiedad de Austin Jack DeCoster, acuerdan limpiar y limitar la contaminación del agua en respuesta a la demanda presentada por Community...

May 11, 2023 In Press Release

Supreme Court Upholds California’s Proposition 12

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision upholding California’s Proposition 12, which limits the sale of pork products in California produced using extreme confinement. Public Justice released the following statement regarding the decision:...

May 9, 2023 In Press Release

Snake River Waterkeeper Sues Simplot for Clean Water Act Violations

Today, the environmental advocacy group Snake River Waterkeeper (SRW) filed a Clean Water Act (CWA) lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho against the J.R. Simplot Company and Simplot Livestock Company (Simplot), alleging years of unlawful pollution discharges from the...