Worker Justice
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.
Child Farmworkers Suffer in Our Food System. Will the Supreme Court Make Things Worse?
A fair food system produces food that is nourishing and safe to eat. That food emerges from soil that is fertile and rich, rather than depleted by cancer-causing pesticides and…
No Corporate Impunity for Roundup (Monsanto v. Durnell)
Farmers and farmworkers are standing up to say that Monsanto and its Big Ag industry friends do not speak for them. On behalf of 15 organizations dedicated to the wellbeing…
Farmer & Farmworker Groups Urge Supreme Court to Reject Roundup Impunity for Monsanto in New Amicus Brief
This brief, authored by fair food system advocacy organization FarmSTAND and signed onto by 15 organizations dedicated to the wellbeing of farmers and farmworkers, argues that a decision protecting the chemical giant from lawsuits…
Law360: Workers In Race Bias Suit Say JBS, Subsidiary Shared Control
"But the workers noted their complaint alleges that JBS subjected them to riskier working conditions than their English and Spanish-speaking co-workers and further failed to provide them safety training in…
The Haitian Times: Promises of fast cash pull Haitians into JBS, harsh conditions push them out — and to strike
“'The harm caused by JBS management’s choices will remain with workers forever,' said Hannah Wolf, an attorney from FarmSTAND representing plaintiffs, during a Zoom interview with The Haitian Times. 'The company must…
Public News Service: Lawsuit claims JBS discriminated against immigrant workers in Greeley
"Bouhabib said that while her immigrant clients have long feared speaking up, the stakes at this moment have never been higher, as even workers with legal authorization to work in…