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July 16, 2024 In Press Release

Farmworker Advocates, Workers File Amicus Brief Defending Biden H-2A Protections

Late yesterday, a group of farmworker advocates - and workers who have labored alongside H-2A agricultural workers - filed an amicus brief in a meritless legal challenge to the Biden Administration’s recently finalized rule protecting the rights of workers in temporary agricultural employment. The amici groups are...

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June 24, 2024 In Blog

Why Big Ag Makes Children Do Their Dirty Work

Our food system should nourish kids and make sure they grow up to be physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy. Children need healthy food to grow. They also need sufficient sleep, access to education, and responsible adults around them to keep them safe from dangerous situations...

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May 16, 2024 In Blog

Factory Farms Are A Breeding Ground For Disease. We Deserve A Healthier Food System.

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....

May 14, 2024 In News

Law360: Colo. Org Lacks Standing In Access Law Row, Judge Says

Kelsey 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...

April 29, 2024 In Cases

Bathroom Breaks for Delivery Drivers (Cross v. Amazon)

Amazon is one of the richest and most powerful companies in the world—yet its policies deprive its delivery drivers of basic labor rights, including the right to bathroom breaks. Under Amazon’s brutal work quotas and elaborate surveillance systems, many drivers resort to urinating in bottles...

November 8, 2023 In News

Mindsite News: ‘Retaliation is a reality’: How agribusiness attacks on a Colorado farmworkers rights law erode ranch workers’ mental health

Until 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. ...

October 19, 2023 In News

Law360: Colo. Rancher Challenge To Farm Labor Law Moves To Denver

"The provision the Livestock Association challenges is important to preserve because agricultural employers have often blocked and intimidated service providers attempting to meet with agricultural workers, including Colorado Legal Services." Kelsey Eberley, Senior Staff Attorney...

September 27, 2023 In News

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Farmworker Advocates, Workers File Amicus Brief Defending Biden H-2A Protections

Why Big Ag Makes Children Do Their Dirty Work

Factory Farms Are A Breeding Ground For Disease. We Deserve A Healthier Food System.

Law360: Colo. Org Lacks Standing In Access Law Row, Judge Says

Bathroom Breaks for Delivery Drivers (Cross v. Amazon)

Mindsite News: ‘Retaliation is a reality’: How agribusiness attacks on a Colorado farmworkers rights law erode ranch workers’ mental health

Law360: Colo. Rancher Challenge To Farm Labor Law Moves To Denver

Law Week Colorado: Colorado Legal Services Seeks to Intervene in Challenge to Agricultural Workers’ Rights Bill

Investigate Midwest: A new network of attorneys fights the abuses of industrial agriculture. First up, Colorado.

Colorado Agricultural Worker Advocates Continue Fight to Uphold State’s Workers’ Rights in Latest Intervention

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