farmworkers

Sen. Alex Padilla under scrutiny as California farmworker groups split over workforce law

Myrna Martinez Natters, center, program director for American Friends Service Committee, leads a group opposing the federal Farmworker Modernization Act outside the Federal Building in downtown Fresno on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. August 31, 2022 8:09 AM By Melissa Montalvo Fresno farmworker and immigrant rights groups are calling on California Sen. Alex Padilla to Read More

Grocers Are Offering Coronavirus Hazard Pay. If Most Farms and Slaughterhouses Don’t, a Far Bigger Problem Lurks

Closing The Wage Gap / By Karl Kramer

By Chloe Savino March 31, 2020 When a New Jersey man deliberately coughed on a Wegman’s worker last week, no one questioned why grocery store workers should get extra pay for the risks they are taking by showing up for shifts during the coronavirus pandemic. Further up the food chain, factory workers and farm hands Read More