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January 17, 2023 In Cases

Essential Services for Colorado’s Farmworkers

Everyone should be able to work with dignity and access resources that better their working conditions and lives. However, agribusiness interests have threatened Colorado farmworkers’ right to access essential services where they work. Agricultural workers tend to be isolated and work long hours. Many live in...

November 7, 2022 In Press Release

Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute

For Immediate Release: November 7, 2022 Media Contact: Lucy Sears | (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute On Monday, November 7, Colorado Legal Services and an anonymous farmworker filed a motion to intervene in order to defend...

July 26, 2022 In Press Release

Lawsuit Against Smithfield for Lying to Public Will Move Forward

For Immediate Release: July 26, 2022 Media Contacts: Peter Hart, phart@fwwatch.org Lucy Sears, lsears@publicjustice.net Lawsuit Against Smithfield for Lying to Public Will Move Forward Judge denies pork giant’s motion to dismiss case Smithfield Foods lost its bid to dismiss a case alleging that the meatpacking giant repeatedly lied to consumers throughout...

May 2, 2022 In Press Release

Una corte en Michigan avanza la demanda que aboga por la compensación de trabajadores indocumentados

El 28 de abril, el Tribunal de Reclamaciones del Estado de Michigan dictaminó negar la moción del demandado para una disposición sumaria en un caso relacionado con la compensación de trabajadores para inmigrantes indocumentados en Michigan. Esto permite que el caso continúe....

April 28, 2022 In Press Release

Michigan Court Advances Lawsuit Advocating for Workers’ Compensation for Undocumented Workers

Today, the State of Michigan Court of Claims ruled to deny the defendant’s motion for summary disposition in a case concerning workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants in Michigan. This allows the case to proceed....

November 22, 2021 In Press Release

Food Worker and Food & Farm Justice Organizations Support the Introduction of the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 (PAMWA)

Today, Senator Cory Booker and Representative Ro Khanna announced the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 (PAMWA). Meat and poultry processing workers--a majority of whom are people of color--are vulnerable to exploitation by the handful of massive corporations dominating the industry....

November 4, 2021 In Press Release

Grupo de Derechos de Inmigrantes presenta un litigio para Asegurar que los Trabajadores Indocumentados de Michigan Reciban Compensación por Accidentes Laborales

Hoy, El Centro de Derechos de Inmigrantes (“MIRC”), representados por Justicia Pública (Public Justice) y El Centro de Derecho para la Justicia Económica y Social Sugar (Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice), presentaron un litigio para asegurar que los inmigrantes indocumentados lesionados en...

November 4, 2021 In Press Release

Immigrant Rights Group Files Lawsuit to Ensure Undocumented Workers Receive Workers’ Compensation in Michigan

Today, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC), represented by Public Justice and the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, filed a lawsuit to ensure that undocumented immigrants who are injured at work receive workers’ compensation wages in Michigan. The lawsuit, filed in the State of Michigan Court...

November 3, 2021 In Cases

Workers’ Compensation for Michigan’s Undocumented Workers

Everyone should be able to work in conditions that are dignified, fair, and healthy, and getting injured at work should never mean losing your income or ability to take care of your family. However, for the past 17 years undocumented workers in Michigan who suffer serious...

October 27, 2021 In Cases

Ag-Gag Litigation

A just, healthy, and thriving food system requires transparency. Public Justice engages in litigation to strike down the Ag-Gag laws that penalize whistleblowers who expose the truth about the factory farm system....