farm worker rights

EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides

Food, News, Worker exploitation / January 20, 2019

See our earlier article on the Farm Bureau lobbying for kids to spray pesticides: House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children … House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at …

EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides Read More »

Farmworkers seek basic rights in wine industry

News / September 7, 2016

The Wine industry lobbied our electeds to vote against farmworker equal overtime pay. Hall has held fundraisers for assemblyman Bill Dodd who voted against equal overtime pay, twice. The costs of labor and production  continue to be externalized onto farmworkers and onto the environment, onto future generations and  the community at large. “This article is …

Farmworkers seek basic rights in wine industry Read More »