New laws would fight abuse by prohibiting recruiters from charging fees and better informing workers of their rights.
Supporters say the legislation would protect farmworkers from employer intimidation.
SoCal’s massive economic engine serves global shipping interests, but a study finds some residents and workers are being left behind.
What's happening among unincorporated communities like Lanare, Matheny Tract and Tooleville may portend darker days ahead.
Assembly Bill 616 would have made it easier for California farmworkers to vote to unionize by allowing them to fill out and mail ballots as absentees.
Photojournalist David Bacon documents the harsh lives of farmworkers in the San Joaquin Valley.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act would likely lead to enormous increases in the number of workers brought to the U.S. by growers.
In the San Joaquin Valley, the homeless are being evicted in the middle of the pandemic.
Legal observers worry a ruling against a California law could signal a willingness to undermine labor codes with 'states’ rights' arguments.
From the start a labor rule allowing union access to farmworkers in the field helped level the relationship between workers and growers.
Fresno, the working class capital of California's San Joaquin Valley, remains a hardscrabble town with a history of radical activism.
The Trump administration has suspended family visa applications – and Trump has ordered an end to the census count three weeks early.
The rural county of Tulare has become a hotspot for the virus, with Latino communities and essential workers hit especially hard.
In less than two months, over half the inmates of San Quentin have become infected with the coronavirus.
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.