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Courtesy of Oregon Law CenterOregon officials are adopting significant updates to farmworker housing. Farmworker advocates say the rules don鈥檛 address all of their concerns, while farmers say they can鈥檛 afford the changes. -
Andrea Johnson/Oregon Department of AgricultureSome farmworker advocates say many farms can afford to pay workers more, and worry employers could avoid accountability.
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During heatwaves, farmworkers are faced with a difficult choice: Keep working in the heat and risk their health, or stop working, which often means a pay cut they can鈥檛 afford. -
Washington state is among a handful of states with new laws granting farmworkers the right to earn time-and-a-half for overtime work. But for many workers, things haven't turned out as expected. -
Report recommends better pay and more housing assistance for farmworkers in Morrow County and across the state -
California farmworkers marched 335 miles last year to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom on a law that would help them unionize. Then the union agreed to give back a key win. -
January鈥檚 rains flooded farm fields and orchards. Many California farmworkers lost weeks of pay. Advocates say the state should help them weather such crises. A leading proposal would pay $300 a week to undocumented workers. -
A major UC Merced study and survey detail the harsh conditions many of California鈥檚 farmworkers experience at home and work. The issues are under a spotlight following the recent mass shootings at two mushroom farms. -
A legalization path for farmworkers failed to pass this month and faces an even steeper climb in a Republican-controlled House in the next Congress. -
A lawsuit attempting to block enforcement of Oregon's new worker protections in extreme heat and smoke events has been dismissed by a federal court. -
Two days before deadline, after vetoing a similar bill last year and resisting months of marches, vigils and posturing, including a note from President Biden, California Governor Gavin Newsom changed his mind on a farmworker labor bill -
Oregon state lawmakers allocated $6 million to community groups this year to help with what they鈥檝e called a humanitarian crisis for workers in the state鈥檚 cannabis industry. -
New state rules require access to water, shade and breaks on hot days, but workers say they鈥檙e still laboring in unsafe conditions. -
A new report uses Cal/OSHA data to show how California food production employers failed to keep workers safe from COVID-19.
