Labor
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) has recently received recognition for video presentations that shine the light on the plight of U.S. farmworkers.
EFI, the farmworker rights organization, won two Te...
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U.S. House and Senate Republicans are questioning the Department of Labor about what they say are “substantial delays” in processing agricultural employers’ requests for workers through the H-2A...
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Growers now spend an average of $500,000 a year on automation, according to the Specialty Crop Automation Report that was released and commissioned by Western Growers (WG). The increase in spending is...
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Guardian Agriculture, the leading developer of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale sustainable farming, today announced that it has received approval from the U...
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Georgia senators recognize Farmworker Awareness Week, March 25-31, by passing a resolution that was introduced by several senators.
Sen. Sam Watson, co-owner of Chill C Farms, Moultrie, spoke about...
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Farm groups have urged Congress to pass the Farm Operations Support Act, which would decrease the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) paid to H-2A temporary visa farm workers to 2022 levels. That would dr...
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The Worker Protection Standard regulations offer protections to over two million agricultural workers and pesticide handlers who work at over 600,000 agricultural establishments.
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Program changes include governmental authority to ban from the program for misconduct, upgrades to housing and inspections, updates to bond requirements, mandatory electronic filing, and changes to how wages are determined.
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