The 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...
Read MoreThe case has been stymied by a provision of the Michigan Court of Claims Act requiring plaintiffs suing the state to either bring a claim or file a notice of one within a year of the claim accruing....
Read More"This case isn't about recovering any damages passed; it's simply saying that the governor has to comply with the law going forward," said David Muraskin, managing director for litigation, FarmSTAND....
Read More“That would mean that when the governor has a policy of any unconstitutional conduct, including this one, the fact that she got away with it for a year would keep anyone from ever going to court,” David Muraskin, managing director of litigation at FarmSTAND, said....
Read MoreOn Monday, October 6, advocates for civil liberties, and for the rights of immigrants and food system workers, will discuss how a case before Michigan’s Supreme Court on October 8 will determine whether the state can violate the rights of Michiganders with impunity. ...
Read More“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 that advocates for better environmental practices and worker protections in the U.S. food system. “These...
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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 storm worksites, target worker activists, chain up workers like criminals, and tear them from their...
Read More“'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 attorney at FarmSTAND which filed an amicus brief in the case."...
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Read More Case: Defending the Rights of Seasonal Agricultural Workers“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 speak up for their rights.”...
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