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Activists call on Costa Farms to join Planting Justice
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (134+ words) APOPKA, Fla. — Community and faith groups organized a day of action in Apopka outside Costa Farms, calling on the company to join the Planting Justice program to protect nursery workers. Costa Farms is the largest houseplant grower in the United…...
Labor, Community, and Faith Organizations Call on World???s Largest Grower and Apopka Employer to Join National Program called???Planting Justice??? to Eradicate Labor Abuses
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (357+ words) Community, labor and faith organizations will hold a Day of Action in Apopka on September 8 calling on Costa Farms to join WeCount!’s Planting Justice Program. The campaign highlights reported labor and human rights concerns among plant nursery workers and…...
Farm workers mourn Mo Jourdane, who got California to ban el cortito, the crippling short-handled hoe
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (1159+ words) Mo, 83, passed away on September 5 following a two-year battle with cancer. Fittingly, it was the end of his favorite season, summer, the surf was up and it was Labor Day weekend, when homage is paid to workers. Maurice “Mo” Jourdane…...
Grijalva bill mandates overtime pay for farm workers in Arizona, U.S.
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (102+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. Tucson Rep. Adelita Grijalva's bill aims to provide overtime pay for agricultural workers nationwide. Double killing in Tucson investigated as a hate crime Tucson real estate agent duct-taped to seat…...
With Nationwide Protections Unlikely, States Need to Step Up for Farmworkers
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (256+ words) Migrant workers harvest strawberries at a farm March 13, 2013 near Oxnard, California. Have you ever had to fight off a rattlesnake in the dark while on shift? Or struggled to breathe through heart palpitations, in a remote field dozens of miles…...
Maine lawmaker says a new ICE facility is coming to the state; ICE won't comment
1+ week, 1+ day ago (283+ words) Maine State Representative Mike Soboleski, R-Phillips, says a new facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will open soon in Newport. In a post on Facebook on Thursday, Soboleski said construction will soon be underway at the former district courthouse…...
Sowing the seeds of racial justice one family farm at a time
1+ week, 4+ day ago (642+ words) World Communion Offering helps Black farmers take action against structural racism LOUISVILLE — Walter Mack is no stranger to the ebb and flow of the tides. It was, in a sense, the tides’ irresistible force that pulled Mack homeward — home to…...
Amagda Pérez advocates for immigrants, farmworkers with ‘kindness and respect’
3+ week, 1+ day ago (329+ words) The Sacramento Bee and Nehemiah Leaders Programs are celebrating this year's 60 Change Makers. Join them at our gala at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Grand Sheraton in downtown Sacramento. Buy tickets at sacramentochangemakers.com. For Amagda Pérez, her career began…...
Farmworkers rally for wages during Lompoc wine event
3+ week, 5+ day ago (485+ words) THE NEW VIC THEATREGET TICKETS “Don’t just raise glasses, raise wages! Farmworkers deserve a living wage!” rung from the crowd just as the vintner association was announcing Santa Barbara County’s Vintner of the year on Friday, August 14. Every head turned…...
California pesticide agency hopelessly captured by industry, critics charge
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1346+ words) Farmworkers, their loved ones and advocates lined up out the door of a California state legislative hearing room last week to urge elected officials to hold pesticide regulators accountable for failing to protect their communities from life-threatening chemicals. Women spoke…...