Worker Justice
Equal Rights for Pennsylvania Ag Workers (UFCW 1776 v. Pennsylvania)
Agricultural workers deserve the same workplace protections as all other workers. But in Pennsylvania, the state specifically excludes them from the protections of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act. This means…
UFCW 1776 Sues State of Pennsylvania To End Unconstitutional Labor Law Exception for Agriculture
Legal challenge seeks to end nearly nine-decade injustice harming organized labor in the state The United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1776 Keystone State has filed a lawsuit seeking to…
We Won’t Let the Trump Administration Twist the Truth on Dangerous Line Speeds
By Nathaly Lozado Arreaga2026 Summer Intern (Reducetarian Fellow) A fair food system should ensure all workers can labor safely, and with dignity – even in slaughterhouses. No worker should sacrifice…
Big Ag is Pushing for More Power Over the Food System Workforce. We’re Fighting Back.
A fair food system is one in which workers receive a livable wage and where they feel safe to defend their rights at work. But the United States’ food system…
Haciendo valer el derecho de personas trabajadoras agrícolas de recibir visitantes (Colorado Legal Services v. Southern Colorado Farms)
Click here to read this case page in English. La histórica Ley de Derechos de Trabajadores Agrícolas de Colorado en el año 2021 aseguró el derecho de personas trabajadoras agrícolas…
Agri-Pulse: Loss of Haitians due to Supreme Court decision poised to hit ag and food industries
“Nationwide, Bouhabib says, ‘The number of TPS holders in animal processing is likely significant.’ On the Supreme Court ruling, she says, ‘it is incredibly disappointing, and sure to cause tremendous…
Five Former Labor Secretaries Call Trump Administration H-2A Wage Calculation Change Unlawful
A new Trump Administration rule regarding the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for workers with H-2A visas and the U.S. workers who work alongside them is slashing wages for U.S. and…
Isolated, Intimidated, and Exploited: Why Labor Camp Access Matters
Farmworkers, like everyone else, deserve to work safely, with fair pay, without fear, and with dignity. But the reality is the industrial food system often deprives farmworkers of their legal…
USDA Downplaying Worker Injury Toll from Increasing Meatpacking Line Speeds, Experts Say
Proposed USDA rules that would allow industrial animal ag corporations to speed up chicken, turkey, and hog slaughter and processing are based on a misreading of landmark worker safety studies, the co-lead principal investigators of those studies say in comments submitted late yesterday.