A bipartisan group of senators from eight states reintroduced the Affordable and Secure Food Act to reform America’s temporary agricultural worker program.
Nearly all farm workers in a recent study in Florida were dehydrated at the end of their shifts. More than half were still dehydrated the following morning.
The House Committee on Agriculture’s Agriculture Labor Working Group released its final report on how to improve the H-2A guest worker program.
With Agriculture’s ongoing struggle to recruit domestic workers and a very tight U.S. labor market overall, H-2A program usage reached new highs in 2023.
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that it says would strengthen protections for farm workers in the H-2A program and help prevent abuses.
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla from California has introduced a pair of bills intended to allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture to better meet the needs of farm and food system workers.
A Washington court has ruled that farms need to pay overtime to workers — and that this rule could apply retroactively even if past laws were followed.
With their lives at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, agricultural workers and owners face new challenges, including finding affordable healthcare.
To help reduce farm injuries before they occur, Western Growers Insurance Services rolled out the Connected Worker Program.
Approval of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act in December by the House was incredibly important — and the Senate needs to consider ag labor reform.