Agricultural workers in New York just formed the state’s first farmworker union, but a new law guaranteeing overtime protections and organizing rights has been delayed.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Rooted in Exclusion, California Towns Fight for Safe Drinking Water
What’s happening among underserved and unincorporated communities like Lanare, Matheny Tract, and Tooleville may portend darker days ahead.
Posted inWorking in America
Newsom Vetoes Union Vote-by-Mail Bill for Farmworkers
Assembly Bill 616 would have made it easier for California farmworkers to vote to unionize by allowing them to fill out and mail ballots as absentees.
Posted inWorking in America
Timeline: How Corporate America Has Helped Decimate Unions
The declining bargaining power of unions contributes to the crisis of extreme income inequality in the United States.
Posted inHousing
To Ease Affordable Housing Crisis, California Views a Broad New Law
The debate around SB 9 centers on equity, social justice, affordability—and whether it benefits residents or developers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will Investing in Community Groups Keep Immigrants Out of Detention?
Advocates say the new approach could help transform the country’s immigration system.
Posted inWorking in America
Is the Abandonment of Guest Worker COVID Protections a Taste of Things to Come?
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act would likely lead to enormous increases in the number of workers brought to the U.S. by growers.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Black Voters Say, ‘You’re Welcome, America’
Dorian Warren explains how Black America voted strategically and made Biden-Harris a reality.
Posted inWorking in America
What Happened to Milwaukee’s Black Middle Class?
Democrats will need the support of a Wisconsin city battered by deindustrialization and deunionization.
Posted inWorking in America
State of the Unions 2020
On Labor Day 2020, the state of American unions is strong; but an AFL-CIO official finds changing attitudes toward immigrants concerning.
