Worker Justice
Colorado Public Radio: Dairy Worker Families Call for Reforms and Recognition After Tragic Accident Kills Six
“These are not ‘Old McDonald’s Farm’ with sort of a small scale and small risks. These are large industrial facilities,” said Kelsey Eberly, an attorney at FarmSTAND, a national organization…
No, Americans Won’t Fill Big Ag Jobs. Corporations Prefer It That Way.
In creatively cruel ways, President Trump is making good on his promise to carry out the largest mass deportation in history. Across the country, heavily armed federal agents in camouflage…
Public News Service: International students sue NE firm for being recruited to work in CAFOs
“'My hope in coming to the U.S. on a J-1 visa was to share my culture and learn about U.S. culture. I wanted to improve as a person, as a…
Sentient Media: Recent Graduates Were Told They Were Coming to the U.S. for Cultural Exchange. They Ended Up Trapped in a Factory Farm.
"They were told that 'if they left early or tried to leave the program, they could be picked up by ICE, they could be detained. One of the threats was…
Bloomberg Law: DOL Foreign Farmworker Organizing Rule Withstands Challenge
“'Judge Flanagan’s opinion carefully and correctly applied the law to uphold this important rule, which contains crucial protections for some of this country’s most vulnerable workers,' said Nathan Leys, staff…
Sentient Media: Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?
“I think what this Administration and Big Ag wants to create is this environment of fear,” says Bouhabib. “Whether or not they get deported or detained, they’re not going to…
The Denver Post: Colorado lawmakers consider repealing key farmworker protections in light of Supreme Court ruling
Despite this denial, farmers are now bringing “unfounded and legally incorrect claims to the legislature when really they belong in court,” said Kelsey Eberly, a senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND,…
The Racist Roots of Industrial Ag’s Favorite Loopholes
Stopping Agricultural Exceptionalism’s Harm to the Environment and Workers Keeps Getting More Important
Sentient Media: 81% of Meatpacking Workers at High Injury Risk, USDA Warns
“Industrial animal agriculture operates on a model of systemic exploitation to increase their profit margins at the expense of the well-being of animals, workers and rural communities. Today’s USDA studies…