working conditions
Labor expert Liu Cheng tour: Bringing Chinese and U.S. workers together
August 22, 2018According to Prof. Liu Cheng, the struggles of working people in the U.S. and China share many similarities. Both are up against “free market fundamentalism.”
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What was the life of this guest worker worth?
August 17, 2018While Washington state agencies reduce farmworker pay and find employers faultless for a death in the fields, Trump and congressional Republicans back proposals to turn farmworking into permanent indentured servitude.
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Unions ask OSHA to protect workers as extreme heat spreads
July 23, 2018“We attended the funerals of too many California farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat,” says Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez.
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Farm boss to workers: “You came here to suffer”
June 15, 2018"Growers don't want to look at how they can make the workplace better and attract more workers. They just want what's cheaper."
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Guest farm workers face exploitation, harsh conditions
June 13, 2018Many migrant workers on H-2A temporary agricultural visas are forced to contend with unsafe working conditions, wage theft and other labor law violations.
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