House Democrats reintroduce bill ending racist exclusion of farmworkers from national labor law
“The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act established federal standards for minimum wage and overtime pay, but the law excluded ...
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‘End to 83 years of racist exclusion’: Washington farmworkers celebrate new overtime pay law
The law, which Inslee said during the signing ceremony that he would name after local farmworker and activist Tomás ...
Jill Biden, in California, Lends Support to Farmworkers Seeking Vaccinations
During her remarks, Dr. Biden said that the president supported the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bill that would ...
House Votes to Give Millions of Dreamers and Farmworkers a Path to Citizenship
The Democratic-led House voted on Thursday to create a path to citizenship for an estimated four million undocumented immigrants, ...
As efforts to vaccinate California’s farmworkers expand, legalization bill set to get House vote
The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported that over 1,000 farmworkers in Santa Clara County were on track to receive their first dose following ...
Biden’s immigration overhaul includes immediate path to legalization for nation’s farmworkers
According to a joint statement from UFW and UFW Foundation, farmworkers would be eligible for immediate legalization under the U.S. ...