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Airport, farm, and fast-food workers rally for better heat protections
Airport workers in Phoenix and farm workers in California said access to water and shade or AC is l…
Catherine Boudreau
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New rules addressing extreme heat could mean better air-conditioning and more breaks for millions of workers
Since 2010, hundreds of workers have died from extreme temperatures. Now the Biden administration i…
Charles Davis
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Extreme temperatures are killing farm workers - and it's 'entirely preventable,' labor advocates say. They want Democratic governors to do something about it.
Labor advocates are hoping a push for strong worker protections at the state level will influence f…
Charles Davis
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A Texas farm owned by one of the US' biggest potato growers paid over $1.3 million in back wages to workers after denying them overtime pay
Larsen Farms didn't pay overtime premiums to almost 500 warehouse workers, and also didn't properly…
Grace Dean
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Trump administration move could slash wages for over 200,000 farm workers
The Trump administration plans to stop collecting farm worker wage data, which could lead to far lo…
Charles Davis
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Trump administration sued over decision that critics say would slash wages for more than 200,000 farm workers
In September, the US Department of Agriculture said it would no longer conduct the wage survey used…
Charles Davis
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Volunteer farmers in the UK are working overtime to save millions of tons of produce from going to waste
The government has set up campaigns to recruit unemployed and furloughed workers, and local are ste…
Yasmina Hatem,Lisa Desai,Kait…
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Washington state issues emergency rule to protect farm workers from COVID-19. But worker advocates fear it won't save many lives.
Employers must now provide farm workers with cloth masks, but advocates say the rule is inadequate …
Charles Davis
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'Elections matter': Biden receives endorsement from United Farm Workers, which represents thousands of employees in agriculture
"We need leadership that respects the roles and contributions of all Americans," UFW President Tere…
Charles Davis
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Biden unveils immigration proposal that offers green cards and overtime pay to farm workers and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
President Joe Biden is offering permanent residency to agricultural workers, who could be on the fa…
Charles Davis
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Apple farm hit with $2 million fine after migrant workers die of COVID-19
The state of Washington leveled one of its largest fines against Gebbers Farms after uncovering two…
Charles Davis
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Nearly 20,000 cows are believed to have been killed in an explosion and fire at a Texas dairy farm
The Monday blast at the South Fork Dairy Farms in Dimmitt, Texas, was the deadliest fire disaster f…
Natalie Musumeci
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Biden will join striking auto workers on the picket line in Detroit — the first time a sitting US president has done so
President Joe Biden will travel to Detroit to picket with United Auto Workers. Though union leaders…
Associated Press
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Unauthorized immigrants who work on America's farms have been deemed 'essential,' but they say they feel expendable
One worker, Carmelita, says she's been working illegally in the country for 13 years picking strawb…
Michelle Mark
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Trump's order suspending immigration will reportedly include exceptions for migrant farmworkers and healthcare workers
President Donald Trump's order suspending immigration should include exceptions for two major group…
Michelle Mark
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Govt exempts procurement agencies, mandis, farming operations, farm workers from lockdown rules
The government has also exempted farm workers as well as manufacturing and packaging units of fert…
PTI
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How Putin's Russian goon squad used Mexican gig workers to troll an American election
Thousands of leaked Wagner Group documents reveal the shadowy shitposting empire of Russian warlord…
Mattathias Schwartz
17 mins read
Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls caught on camera fighting Amazon worker last year amid union rift
Chris Smalls rose to fame by taking on Amazon. But some critics within the Amazon Labor Union fear …
Katherine Long,Jack Newsham
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The 'world's coolest dictator' rounded up 60,000 people in a supposed crackdown on MS-13. A shrimp farming community is fighting back.
The MS-13 gang made El Salvador one of the most violent places not at war. The "world's coolest dic…
Danielle Mackey
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Black union organizers say, "It's scarier to petition for a union in the South."
Across the country, workers who have led unionization efforts have faced great consequences. Howeve…