By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle’s farm is so short of immigrant workers that he’s replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops...
Farmworker Organizing in Washington is Undoing Discriminatory Labor Policies
By Carl Segerstorm, High Country News Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic kept most people home and emptied supermarket shelves, U.S. farmworkers stayed on the job. Unable to work from home, they su...
Supporting Immigrant Labor in New York After the Pandemic
Protesters holding signs walk on a picket line during a protest of Liox Cleaners in front of a lower east side location on March 6, 2021 in New York City. – New York, NY (Shutterstock) By Linda ...