Worker Justice
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…
‘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…
Mindsite News: ‘Retaliation is a reality’: How agribusiness attacks on a Colorado farmworkers rights law erode ranch workers’ mental health
Until recently, many Colorado agricultural workers toiling on remote rural farms and ranches couldn’t count on being able to talk with community healthcare workers or other visitors at their home…
Law360: Colo. Rancher Challenge To Farm Labor Law Moves To Denver
"The provision the Livestock Association challenges is important to preserve because agricultural employers have often blocked and intimidated service providers attempting to meet with agricultural workers, including Colorado Legal Services."…
Law Week Colorado: Colorado Legal Services Seeks to Intervene in Challenge to Agricultural Workers’ Rights Bill
A Colorado law protecting agricultural workers’ rights and ensuring access to essential service providers is undergoing another legal challenge.
Investigate Midwest: A new network of attorneys fights the abuses of industrial agriculture. First up, Colorado.
FarmSTAND focuses resources on specific cases that can change precedent on agricultural issues in the courts, working in collaboration with grassroots organizations from local to national levels.
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.”
Voting With Your Pitchfork: Beyond the Consumer-Worker Binary
As much as our current food system would have us believe that we are all primarily and merely consumers, other roles we play — as workers, advocates, and community members…
Representing Isolated Farmworkers
Every person, regardless of where they come from, what they do for work, or where they live, should have access to fundamental services like healthcare, education, and legal help. As…