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Bookmark or Share- Who We Serve – Farmworker JusticeFarmworkers, their families, and communities face serious challenges every day. Through this innovative collaboration, we aim to give voice to the 2 million farmworkers and their families who would otherwise not be heard.
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- How To Become a Farmworker (With Job Duties and Salary)A farmworker is a person who performs agricultural work on a farm. This often involves doing physical labor, typically spending much of the day outdoors working with crops, plants and animals. Many farmworkers also help to take care of livestock, such as cows, pigs and chickens.
- US Department of Labor finalizes farmworker protection ruleWASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced a final rule to strengthen protections for farmworkers. The rule targets vulnerability and abuses experienced by workers under the H-2A program that undermine fair labor standards for all farmworkers in the U.S. The H-2A program allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers when the ...
- A New Rule to Improve Protections for FarmworkersThe Farmworker Protection Rule includes the following reforms: Expanding protections for worker voice and empowerment, which will improve workers’ ability to advocate for themselves and their coworkers regarding their working conditions. Clarifying when a termination is “for cause” to protect key rights for workers employed under the H-2A ...
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