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 stand up against injustice and corporate control. These attacks touch all parts of our food...
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Read More Case: Workers' Compensation for Michigan's Undocumented Workers (MIRC v. Whitmer)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 Legal Services (CLS), Colorado’s statewide nonprofit legal aid program, who routinely attempt to visit with...
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Read More Case: Enforcing Farm Workers’ Right to Visitors (Colorado Legal Services v. Southern Colorado Farms)“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case....
Read More“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case....
Read MoreIn a press conference prior to the oral arguments, Muraskin described this lawsuit as a question of Michiganders’ ability to take their government to court over perceived wrongs. “That would mean that when the governor has a policy of any unconstitutional conduct, including this one, the...
Read MoreMIRC rejected that argument, its lawyers claiming instead that the harm is ongoing since the workers’ comp denials continue to increase the group’s call volume. Speaking in the lobby outside the court after oral arguments, attorney David Muraskin, representing the immigrant rights center, said the governor...
Read More“The governor has been playing a game throughout this case. She has insisted on immunity up to this court and that is why she’s been able to delay this case for years,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with FarmSTAND who is representing MIRC alongside the...
Read MoreThe state Court of Appeals tossed the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center's case against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) because it wrongly concluded that the group blew past a one-year filing deadline spelled out in state law, said attorney David S. Muraskin. Characterizing the case as one...
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