Worker Justice
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…
Michigan Supreme Court Decision in MIRC v. Whitmer Threatens the Rights of All Michiganders
"This is a sad day for the law in Michigan. The Michigan Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling today was not on the merits of whether the state is legally obligated to…
Servicios Legales de Colorado demanda a una granja del sur de Colorado por interferir con el acceso de trabajadores agrícolas a servicios
Servicios Legales de Colorado (CLS) presentó hoy una demanda contra una granja ubicada en Center, Colorado, y contra su contratista de mano de obra agrícola, por obstruir de manera ilegal…
Enforcing Farm Workers’ Right to Visitors (Colorado Legal Services v. Southern Colorado Farms)
Colorado’s landmark 2021 Farm Worker Bill of Rights enshrined the right of agricultural workers to receive visitors at their housing, including employer-owned housing. This includes visitors like lawyers from Colorado…
Colorado Legal Services Sues Southern Colorado Farm for Interfering with Farm Workers’ Access to Services
Colorado Legal Services this week filed a lawsuit against a Center, CO farm and its farm labor contractor over illegal obstruction of CLS’s visits to workers staying at the farm’s…
Sentient Media: Heat Exhaustion, Amputated Fingers, Crushed Limbs: The Hidden Cost of American Turkey
“Not only are those injuries not getting reported to OSHA, they are not being characterized as work-site injuries for purposes of worker’s compensation.”
Food Workers Deserve Better Than Diapers and Shewees
Industrial food production relies on people holding their bladders to the point of bursting or beyond. The industrial agriculture system turns animals into meat like this: workers stand on disassembly…