Worker Justice
FarmSTAND and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Argue Against Law Limiting Access to Factory Farms
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) and FarmSTAND argued today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit should reverse a lower court decision and protect the organization’s…
Courthouse News Service: Animal welfare groups call hogwash on Iowa’s ag-gag law at Eighth Circuit
"Attorney David Muraskin, with Washington, D.C.-based FarmSTAND representing ICCI, told the circuit judges Wednesday a recording made by the group on private property that is used on social media for…
The Haitian Times: Haitians recruited on TikTok for meatpacking jobs sue JBS for workplace abuses
“JBS USA’s CEO has said that his job feels so fun, it doesn’t even feel like working,' Bouhabib said. 'Meanwhile, his Haitian workers are suffering life-altering injuries due to the…
Law360: Haitian Migrants Accuse Meatpacking Giant JBS Of Race Bias
"Amal Bouhabib, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, added that 'JBS saw Haitian workers as uniquely exploitable, then discriminated against them for the sake of its bottom line.' 'The harm stemming…
Going on Offense for Food Justice: FarmSTAND’s 2025 in Review
2025 has been a hard year. From the start, the second Trump Administration has waged cruel assaults on America’s most vulnerable communities: immigrants, workers, activists, and anyone who dares to…
Beef Giant JBS Subjected Haitian Workers to Discriminatory Conditions at Greeley Plant, Workers Allege in New Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed today against JBS accuses the leading global meat processing company of exploiting over 1,000 Haitian workers recruited under false pretenses for its Greeley, Colorado plant.
Fighting Anti-Haitian Discrimination at JBS (Pierre v. JBS USA)
JBS, the largest meat company in the world, exploited over 1,000 Haitian workers recruited under false pretenses for its Greeley, Colorado plant to boost corporate profits. Starting in late 2023,…
Detroit Legal News: Michigan Supreme Court Denies Leave 4-3 in Michigan Immigrant Rights Case
"MIRC, and its counsel organizations FarmSTAND and the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, in a joint statement said it’s a sad day for the law in Michigan."
MLive: Michigan Supreme Court refuses to hear case on worker’s comp for undocumented immigrants
“'The decision not to decide is functionally a green light to the government to go ahead and violate rights with the knowledge that they may be able to procedurally get…