A Bay Area rent strike could be a harbinger of tenant unrest as California prepares for an eviction tsunami triggered by the pandemic.
COVID-19 is spreading throughout central Washington state. One agricultural county has the highest infection rate on the West Coast.
Demands for safer working conditions and extra hourly hazard pay during the pandemic are powering a strike wave in the Yakima Valley.
The Trump administration says no to family immigration, but yes to guest workers.
Farmworkers may be considered "essential," but the undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.
What health crisis? In the face of a public outcry, the Big Island's mayor prefers to stick to business as usual.
As the number of H-2A guest workers mushrooms, California labor contractors and growers are packing farmworkers into motels and houses in working class neighborhoods.
Co-published by the American Prospect A national growers’ lobby has sued the U.S. Department of Labor to freeze the wages of H-2A workers at a level...
ICE contended that forcing Contra Costa County to divest from cooperation in immigrant detention would harm the detainees -- an argument similar to those heard during...
Co-published by Fast Company Republican immigration reform proposals may be dead, but Republican guest worker proposals live on.
The influx of migrant agricultural workers brought to the U.S. on temporary visas means increased competition for resident laborers – and less bargaining power.
Many migrant workers in California on H-2A temporary agricultural visas are forced to contend with unsafe working conditions, wage theft and other labor law violations.
Protest marches, which also commemorated the birthday of UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez, follow several months of UFW activity opposing immigration enforcement, and of organizing workers to...
Over the years, vigils at one immigrant-detention center in Richmond, California have changed, with some churches providing sanctuary to migrant families threatened with deportation, and raising...
The message from the California Supreme Court to growers is that when farm workers vote for the union, a state law has teeth that can force...
Co-published by The American Prospect Kikito, an enormous photograph of a 1-year-old child, pasted onto plywood sheets, stands 65 feet high on Mexico's side of the border....
On Saturday community organizations and unions in San Francisco marched up Market Street, carrying banners and blocking streets, to protest a planned rally by the extreme...
Responding to a planned right-wing rally in the heart of Berkeley, community organizations, left-wing and anti-racist groups, churches, religious leaders and others marched through the streets...
Co-published by The American Prospect / "Sustainability" is the mantra for many groups and businesses near the Salton Sea. But sustainability for whom? BY DAVID BACON
For over 160 years the California State Fair has been run by growers to showcase the wonders and wealth of the state's agriculture. And for over...