Late Friday, the state of North Carolina agreed to pay a public interest coalition that successfully struck down North Carolina’s “Ag-Gag” law $884,987 in attorneys’ fees, as a result of the state’s efforts to defend the law for years. The plaintiff groups successfully sued to...
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These industrial-scale operations come at an extreme cost to animal welfare and public health. Close confinement of animals can increase disease transmission. More contact with other animals, longer contact, poor ventilation, and lack of sunlight all mean more and better chances for disease to spread....
Read MoreKelsey Eberly, who represents Colorado Legal Services, said in a statement that the judge's decision is a "victory for human decency, and for the health and well-being of farmworkers in the state." "It is also a rebuke to corporate agribusiness attempts to elevate an employer's private...
Read MoreLate Friday, a Colorado judge rejected a legal challenge to a state law that ensures that farmworkers can access essential services like doctors, teachers, clergy members, community aid workers, and attorneys. Judge Martin F. Egelhoff's ruling dismissed the Colorado Livestock Association’s suit that sought to strike...
Read More"The revised language recognizes various ways farmworkers can be vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, said Nathan Leys, a staff attorney at FarmSTAND. 'The broader problem is the isolation of these workers,' he said. 'You need to tackle all of the ways that being isolated affects...
Read More"As someone who has spent much of my professional career representing advocates and workers fighting back against corporate agriculture giants, one of the most egregious arguments I’ve seen is that property rights supersede the rights of workers – a tactic that’s become increasingly popular in...
Read More“What the Colorado Livestock Association is doing in Colorado to try to weaponize the supreme court’s more business-friendly precedent is happening across the country,” said Kelsey Eberly, a senior attorney with FarmSTAND who is representing farm workers in an attempt to dismiss the lawsuit opposing...
Read MoreDavid Muraskin, an attorney representing the animal rights groups, said they will continue to fight, arguing "the law might be applicable to some, but it is unconstitutional as applied to these plaintiffs."...
Read MoreUntil recently, many Colorado agricultural workers toiling on remote rural farms and ranches couldn’t count on being able to talk with community healthcare workers or other visitors at their home – if it was on their employer’s land. ...
Read MoreThis week, the Supreme Court turned down North Carolina’s appeal to stop operatives from secretly taking documents and recordings without the owner’s permission....
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