“'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 out of any kind of accountability in court,' said David Muraskin, an attorney with FarmSTAND...
Read More"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 include all workers - regardless of immigration status - in workers’ comp. But the decision...
Read MoreServicios 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 las visitas de CLS a los trabajadores que viven en el campamento laboral de la...
Read MoreColorado 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 labor camp. The suit seeks to uphold CLS’s right to visit workers at the camp...
Read More“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.”...
Read More"EWG was represented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Edelson PC and FarmSTAND."...
Read More"Environmental groups are increasingly leaning on courts to drive action as regulation stalls, according to Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, which represented EWG in its suit against Tyson."...
Read More"Elsewhere, Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, added that the resolution marks a 'crucial turning point in the fight against climate greenwashing.'"...
Read More“'It’s a warning to other large companies that you cannot just claim that you’re magically going to erase your greenhouse gas emissions,' Eberly said. 'You have to come with the goods if you’re going to claim meaningful climate improvement.'”...
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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 lines performing their assigned task over and over for hours on end. Substitute workers can...
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