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1 May 2012, 7:39 am
Civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will receive the nation's highest civilian honor when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring, the White House announced Thursday. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 1:35 pm
Click here for a response from the Chávez family and the United Farm Workers. [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 8:35 am
According to a recent news article from the Californian, strawberry farmers tend to hire a lot of immigrant workers to work on their farms. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 6:30 am
Waymouth Farms, Inc., 664 N.W.2d 324 (Minn. 2003), the Minnesota Supreme Court held that the workers’ compensation statute only refers to an “employee” and the entitlement to benefits is not dependent on “legal” status. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 9:10 am
On the heels of sparing nearly 1 million young illegal immigrants from deportation, the Obama Administration is doling out nearly $6 million to cover the education costs of “migrant students” or the children of “seasonal farm workers” in the United States. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 2:00 pm
The charges arise from the defendants’ alleged scheme tocoerce the labor and services of approximately 400 Thai nationals brought by the defendants to the United States from Thailand from May 2004 through September 2005 to work on farms across the country under the U.S. federal agricultural guest worker program. [read post]
13 May 2009, 11:40 am
The lawsuit against Jack Odom, doing business as Odom Farms in Austin, said the four Mexicans were brought to the United States under a federal guestworker program which allows employers to hire foreign workers if sufficient domestic [...] [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 4:21 pm
Three-quarters of all crop workers working in American agriculture were born outside the United States. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 1:15 pm
Author and activist Randy Shaw today spoke in remembrance of Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW). [read post]
11 Mar 2015, 10:05 am
Zumaya from the farm labor camp where he lived and refused to pay benefits. [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 9:13 am
Reports show that a 13-year-old was using farm equipment at a farm located in the 14000 block of 200 North Avenue when he became pinned between the equipment and a barn wall. [read post]
13 Jun 2018, 3:23 pm
A bipartisan group of 119 Representatives and more than 200 organizations from across the political spectrum —including FreedomWorks, Fraternal Order of Police, Natural Resources Defense Council, Consumers Union, National Farmers Union, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, United Farm Workers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, National Conference of State Legislatures, and National League of Cities—have joined us in opposing King’s dangerous… [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 10:32 am
In this case, the court held that the man’s employer had the burden to prove that he was not authorized to work in the United States. [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 2:22 pm
According to Jill Cashen, spokeswoman for the United Food and Commercial Workers union, "which represents 1.3 million people who work in the food-processing industry. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 12:27 pm
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the metropolitan Las Vegas area has an available work force of close to a million with over 800 thousand currently employed. [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 6:13 am
For instance, domestic workers or those who work from home, agricultural or farm workers, and seasonal workers may not be required to be covered under an employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. [read post]
10 Oct 2009, 7:01 am
I represent many "illegal" immigrant farm workers in their personal injury claims. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 1:07 am
” This plan was developed in response to recommendations in a report from the Savannah River National Laboratory released in October 2014.Commissioned in response to worker exposures at Hanford’s tank farms, the Savannah River report found ongoing emissions of toxic chemical vapors from waste tanks, inadequate worker health and safety procedures and evidence that “strongly suggests a causal link between chemical vapor releases and subsequent health… [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 3:51 am
” This plan was developed in response to recommendations in a report from the Savannah River National Laboratory released in October 2014.Commissioned in response to worker exposures at Hanford’s tank farms, the Savannah River report found ongoing emissions of toxic chemical vapors from waste tanks, inadequate worker health and safety procedures and evidence that “strongly suggests a causal link between chemical vapor releases and subsequent health… [read post]
3 Jul 2011, 6:58 am
The farming industry relies heavily on these workers. [read post]
