The Illinois legislature is debating whether to become one of a handful of states to legally require worker protections from extreme temperatures. The legislation would apply to labor on the frontlines of the climate crisis, such as farm work.
A US Supreme Court decision expanding 'reasonable suspicion' authority is pushing immigration enforcement beyond job sites into rural towns, where a US citizen says an officer told him: 'We have the right to assume that you're an illegal alien.'
Una decisión de la Corte Suprema de EE.UU., que amplía la autoridad de “sospecha razonable”, está llevando la aplicación de las leyes migratorias más allá de los lugares de trabajo hacia los pueblos rurales, donde un ciudadano estadounidense afirma que un agente le dijo: “Tenemos derecho a asumir qu
Trump said he was going after the “worst of the worst,” but many of the people his administration is detaining and deporting have no criminal record. Agricultural employers are scrambling to find reliable replacements.
The administration’s push to deport millions, along with the rollback of multiple immigration policies, has created labor shortages and fear from warehouses to meatpacking plants.
Trump has cast the H-2A program as a quick help for farmers. At the same time, the program has been suspended during the government shutdown, which could cause production problems.
Current and former employees describe a punishing pace of work and questionable safety standards at a Heavener plant where recent immigrants fill a constant need for laborers.
This story was originally published by Grist.
A new study confirms that commonsense workplace protections from extreme heat — water, shade, breaks — help save workers from being injured on the job.
With President Trump’s end of a program that once safeguarded whistleblowers and a focus on deportation, advocates warn the nation’s food supply chain is at risk.
