November 30, 2005
Mexico Calls for New Approach on Immigration Issue

Mexico's Leader Says He'll Persevere on Migration
 

Most of American salad bowl picked by illegals

Farmworker advocates to seek temporary housing

November 29, 2005
State legislator talks to Volusia farmworkers

State rep tours, pushes migrant benefits

Securing America Through Immigration Reform

Lack of Labor Scares Farmers

November 28, 2005
AGRICULTURE
U.S. sidestepping ban against pesticide
The United States signed a treaty barring the use of methyl bromide,

but it is so effective that its widespread use continues.
 

November 27, 2005 
Laboring in the fields while carrying a child
Many Florida farmworkers — thinking about rent and trying

Labor camp trial moved to February

November 26, 2005
Fla. Farmworkers Awaiting Aid After Wilma Damage

November 25, 2005
Plaintiffs Win Damages in Pesticide Suit
Dozens of Kern County residents poisoned by a soil fumigant

will share $775,000. Officials say precautions weren't taken in treating fields.

November 23, 2005
Court increases fine for pesticide company

Group thanks migrant workers for holiday bounty

Harvest Hands
Housing those who labor for our table remains a complex issue

Illegal immigrant with tuberculosis fears county will turn him over to immigration
Health officials say they may have no other alternative
 

November 22, 2005
Shortage of Immigrant Workers Alarms Growers in West
Stricter Border Control, Working Conditions Cited as

Fewer Mexicans Crossfor Harvest

Hillsborough fields yield top students
Durant High School grads get Migrant Scholars of the Year.
 

Four Feared Dead as Van Goes Into Canal

November 21, 2005
Businesses cast cloud over Bush's immigration plans

A farmworkers' advocacy group says the tomatoes slapped on that Big Mac . . . .

Immigration at center of labor shortfall fears

November 20, 2005
JOB TRAINING
Going from the fields to the office
A South Miami-Dade job training program helps seasonal and

migrant workers learn office and construction trades to better their lives.
 

Cleanup leaves growers short of workers for harvest
Growers think workers are being siphoned away from the fields and groves

by builders and landscapers — and even FEMA for cleanup elsewhere in

Florida and in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Progress on housing need
Supervisors committed to helping farmworkers

Tending to field and family

November 19, 2005
‘The Best of the Bitter”

Program benefits migrant children

Forest worker review sought
Lawmakers request a House hearing on the abuse detailed in a Bee report.
 

Church groups help migrant students succeed in life

54 will receive GED certificates today in Oceanside ceremony

ASU study looks at ag labor shortage in Yuma

HIV a growing threat

November 18, 2005
Evans Jr. goes to court today in Jacksonville

November 17, 2005
Program helps migrant students
Correspondence classes keep children caught up with work
 

Farmworker dies, driver shocked after pipes touch power lines

Migrant workers file lawsuit
Local farmers say company violated rights
 

Advocates call for immigration reform

More beds?
Sonoma County should consider tax for vineyard worker housing
 

November 16, 2005
$2 billion sought for ag relief
 

November 15, 2005
IMMIGRATION
Federal judge troubled by wrongful deportation
A federal judge wants to know why immigration officials disregarded

his orders and deported a man back to Mexico.
 

Limit on pesticide exposure proposed
State wants elderly, kids within 1/2 mile of spraying warned

Guest-worker measure awaits a new Congress

Chemical Christmas
Immigrant Tree Farm Workers Face Pesticide Dangers

Editorial
Indentured servitude
Valuing work in U.S. forests
 

November 14, 2005
The Pineros: Hidden hazards

Editorial
Enforcing labor laws
Time for a crackdown on contractors
 

November 13, 2005
The Pineros: Forest workers caught in web of exploitation

Farmworkers try fund raising
Union begins campaign with dinner in Quincy. With more money,

organizers hope to reach more laborers across Florida.
 

November 12, 2005 
OAXACA CONNECTION
The migration of tens of thousands of people from

Oaxaca to Oregon is altering both states
 

November 11, 2005
Women farmworkers sue Ore. dairy

November 10, 2005
Raspberry Ridge plan draws lawsuit
Burlington claims expansion would impede flood evacuation efforts

November 9, 2005

November 3, 2005
Girl sickened by spray drift speaks out for tougher rules:

48-hour notice 'onerous' for growers, fruit expert says

State farmers lose workers, profits to border sweeps