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California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting
7 months, 1 week ago

California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting

Al Jazeera  

California’s high cost of living has pushed many agricultural labourers into cramped and unserviced housing. Half Moon Bay, California – Almost a year and a half after a mass shooting took the lives of seven farmworkers in the town of Half Moon Bay, California, a new project is seeking to address the poor living conditions experienced by many of the …

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California lawmakers blast state’s workplace safety agency over ‘dangerous’ farmworker conditions
10 months, 2 weeks ago

California lawmakers blast state’s workplace safety agency over ‘dangerous’ farmworker conditions

LA Times  

Farmworkers report to work in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. California Democrats lambasted the state’s workplace safety agency on Wednesday after hearing testimony from farmworkers who said they have been exposed to extreme heat and pesticides on the job and have faced wage theft and other labor law violations. That understaffing has compounded workplace safety compliance in …

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Citing track record, United Farm Workers endorses Biden for reelection
1 year, 2 months ago

Citing track record, United Farm Workers endorses Biden for reelection

LA Times  

The United Farm Workers union is endorsing Joe Biden for reelection in next year’s presidential race, declaring that another Biden presidency would be a win for labor rights and the “daily lives of farmworkers across America.” “I don’t think we’ve had this kind of support in a long time,” said UFW President Teresa Romero of the Biden administration. It’s a …

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113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat
1 year, 4 months ago

113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat

LA Times  

One morning this summer, several days into temperatures above 110 degrees in this farming community, Socorro Galvez, 53, began to feel weak as she picked grapes in the suffocating heat. Not right now.” For advocates, the large number of challenges facing workers and families in the eastern Coachella Valley can sometimes feel overwhelming — low wages, the lack of affordable …

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From poverty to power, new California Speaker seeks Democratic caucus unity but offers few details
1 year, 5 months ago

From poverty to power, new California Speaker seeks Democratic caucus unity but offers few details

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas was a child growing up in California’s rural Central Coast, he watched his grandfather risk his job fighting in the farmworkers’ rights movement to bring a better life to his family and his fellow workers. He said he’ll focus on passing bills addressing affordability in the state and reviewing existing laws …

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California shooting underscores strain on state’s farmworkers
1 year, 10 months ago

California shooting underscores strain on state’s farmworkers

Al Jazeera  

A mass shooting that killed seven farmworkers in the United States last week has brought renewed attention to the hardships faced by agricultural workers in the state of California, stretched thin by low wages and the high cost of living. The shooting on January 23 took place in the coastal community of Half Moon Bay, a small coastal town about …

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‘I want to be heard’: Half Moon Bay farmworkers struggle in ‘deplorable’ conditions
1 year, 10 months ago

‘I want to be heard’: Half Moon Bay farmworkers struggle in ‘deplorable’ conditions

LA Times  

It’s not news to Bernardina Medrano and Margarita Martinez that many migrant farmworkers along the San Mateo County coast live in “deplorable” conditions, as Gov. “Like it’s all about to fall.” On Friday night, hundreds gathered at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay for a memorial service for the shooting victims. Both received applause, and the hundreds of attendees …

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Jamaican farmworkers decry ‘seismic-level exploitation’ in Canada
2 years, 4 months ago

Jamaican farmworkers decry ‘seismic-level exploitation’ in Canada

Al Jazeera  

Montreal, Canada – Jamaican agricultural workers say they face conditions akin to “systematic slavery” on Canadian farms, as they call on Jamaica to address systemic problems in a decades-old, migrant labour programme in Canada. In a letter sent to Jamaica’s minister of labour and social security earlier this month, workers affiliated with rights group Migrant Workers Alliance for Change said …

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Tulip, daffodil farmworkers strike over wages, conditions
2 years, 9 months ago

Tulip, daffodil farmworkers strike over wages, conditions

Associated Press  

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A group of Washington state tulip and daffodil farm workers have gone on strike to demand that the Washington Bulb Co. improve wages and health and safety protocols. Rosa Martinez held up a sign over her head Wednesday that read “huelga” — Spanish for “strike” — with hands covered in clusters of sores she says were …

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New poll finds broad support -- even among Trump voters -- for a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants
3 years, 3 months ago

New poll finds broad support -- even among Trump voters -- for a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants

Raw Story  

Arizona voters overwhelmingly support a pathway to citizenship for some immigrants who meet some conditions for eligibility, according to a poll released Wednesday. The survey of 323 Arizona voters between Sept. 10 and 18 found broad support, even among Trump voters, for “earned citizenship" for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, farmworkers, essential workers and those with Temporary …

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