Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together.
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Posted inWorking in America
An Immigrant Woman Takes Charge of the United Farm Workers
Change—and perhaps a new day in the fields—comes to Cesar Chavez’s legendary union.
Posted inWorking in America
What Was the Life of This Guest Worker Worth?
While Washington state agencies reduce farmworker pay and find employers faultless for a death in the fields, Trump and congressional Republicans back proposals to turn farmworking into permanent indentured servitude.
Posted inWorking in America
Farm Work Can Be a Skilled and Permanent Job
A Salinas grower and the union bet that a new contract will become an alternative to employing guest workers.
Posted inWorking in America
Braceros Strike After One Worker Dies
Risking deportation, Washington state farmworkers protest dangerous conditions in the fields.
Posted inWorking in America
Can Organic Farming and Unions Transform California’s Hottest Farm Belt?
Combined, they have to power to improve the lives of farmworkers and save the Salton Sea.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can a Revamped Farmworker Visa System Prevent Abuses?
Foreign nationals who work on American farms remain vulnerable to exploitation by employers who rely on a temporary agricultural visa employment program.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Forget GMOs. Pesticides Pose the Real Risk
Rather than worrying about unsubstantiated risks from GMOs, Americans should worry about the real risks pesticides pose for people in the communities that feed the nation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Plowed Under
Across the northern plains, native grassland is being turned into farmland at a rate not seen since the 1920s. The environmental consequences could be disastrous.
Posted inEconomic Policy
As Common As Dirt
In the fields of California, wage theft is how agribusiness is done.
