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Mexican Consulate delays press conference on migrant farm worker bus crash victims
(WCJB) - Officials with the Mexican Consulate were scheduled ... The bus was carrying migrant farm workers when a pickup truck sideswiped it on State Road 40 near Dunnellon. Eight people were ...
Farm’s labor violations caused Madera crash that killed 7 workers last year, feds say
The Trump administration’s secretary of labor has sued Selma-based Lion Farms, alleging it “willfully” violated federal law ...
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Despite border challenges, Yuma relies on migrant workers to power its local agriculture industry
Long growing seasons, access to the Colorado River, and abundant sunlight all contribute to Yuma’s agricultural advantage.
A Chill Sets In for Undocumented Workers, and Those Who Hire Them
Fearing roundups, many immigrants are staying home. Construction, agriculture, senior care and hospitality employers say labor shortages will worsen.
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‘If You Speak an Indigenous Language, You Are Treated as Less’: Migrant Indigenous Farmworkers Feel Deportation Threat
Born in 1982 in a small village in Oaxaca, Mexico ... no idea that undocumented workers are paying all these taxes without receiving the same benefits in return. What would happen to the agricultural ...
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Farm certification could make Canada’s farms fairer for migrant workers
Erika Borrelli receives funding from the Mariam Assefa Fund and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University. University of Windsor provides ...
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Farm’s labor violations caused Madera crash that killed 7 workers last year, feds say
The deaths of the farmworkers — all from Mexico ... farm and its owners “violated and continue to violate (federal law) by failing to pay wages owed to migrant and seasonal agricultural ...