Advocates are reporting that four Woodburn farmworkers were arrested Aug. 7 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on their way to work at a Canby blueberry farm. According to a news release from ...
One hot day last summer, Clarisa Lugo was inspecting and counting corn and soybean plants in the middle of a 300-acre farm field in Illinois when she started throwing up and panting. Her heart raced, ...
(The Center Square) - The Trump administration implemented a new rule on Oct. 2 that would revise wage standards for immigrant farm workers across the country. Under this new rule, the Department of ...
From Crescent City to El Centro, Californians rally Oct. 18 against Trump-era policies in statewide ‘No Kings Day’ ...
Temporary foreign farmworkers in Washington state face wage cuts of more than $3 an hour under policy changes by the Trump administration earlier this month for those with temporary visas to work in ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
When famed farmworker photographer David Bacon started working for the United Farm Workers as an organizer in the 1970s, people asked what he — a “white boy” who “didn’t speak Spanish” or “know ...
Carrie McClain decided to offer private health care to her workers after one of her employees had trouble communicating with the doctor at the local hospital. North Carolina is home to more than ...
PHOENIX — The crackdown on illegal immigration could result in fewer farm workers and boost food prices even higher, the U.S. Department of Labor is formally acknowledging. In a new filing in the ...
The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply. The Labor Department warned in ...