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March 9, 2010

Immokalee man charged with smuggling girl into country, forcing her to work

 

UFW, growers push for path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers

 

March 7, 2010  

Growers await chemical decision

 

March 4, 2010  

Calif. Farm Worker Case May Clarify Definition of 'Employer'

 

Music for migrant workers  

Festival raises money for migrant workers

 

Farmworker slavery exhibit shocks many during stops in Naples

 

Conference stresses safety for ag workers

 

March 3, 2010  

Students help Immokalee farmworkers during spring break

 

Employers unhappy with new temporary agriculture rule

 

March 2, 2010  

EDITORIAL  

A growing injustice: Farm workers' rights need Senate vote, not sham hearings

 

Farm workers bill meets with opposition  

It's a law designed to help farm workers by mandating protections that exist in other lines of work. But New York farmers say the law would force them out of business. Kaitlyn Ross has more on this controversial bill

 

March 1, 2010  

Proposed bill aimed at protecting farm help

 

February 28, 2010

State to end inspections of migrant housing

 

February 27, 2010  

Modern-Slavery Museum rolls into Collier County to teach about farmworkers' struggles

 

Peace River Packing helps with ‘Fresh For Ellen’ movement

 

February 25, 2010  

Migrant farmhand dies in North Country house fire

 

February 24, 2010  

Farmworkers struggle to find work after crop-killing freeze

 

February 23, 2010

Immokalee residents get free bikes thanks to Sanibel Island residents

 

Students help to give immigrant farmworkers a voice

 

February 21, 2010  

New rules provide measure of fairness for farmworkers

 

Growing in Obscurity

Hispanic fernery owners try to break free of migrant cycle, but many face a tough road

 

Migrant’s win could affect S.C. employers

 

February 20, 2010

FGCU student leaders may join push for higher wages for farm workers

 

Villanueva to be honored for years of work for farm workers

 

February 19, 2010  

Grower-shippers concerned CIW tactics could spread

 

February 18, 2010  

Tomato pickers to get higher wages under new plan

 

Tomato Growers OK Pay Raise Compromise to Benefit Migrant Workers Restaurants, retail chains will pay growers a weekly supplemental wage based on number of Florida tomatoes.

 

Farmers, activists push for immigration reform

 

February 17, 2010  

Court sides with injured migrant worker

 

February 14, 2010

ICE audit in Brewster spreads worry in state ag industry

 

Civil rights report to detail conditions for migrant farmworkers in Michigan

 

February 13, 2010  

Arkansas: Migrants Win $2.75 Million

 

Migrant forest workers get $2.75M wage settlement

 

H-2A final rule may not help guest-worker program make sense for growers

 

February 12, 2010  

Times story generates help for children of Wimauma migrant workers

 

Labor Department approves new rules on farm workers

 

Leahy irked by farm bill

Plans to push legislation on foreign dairy workers

 

New Guest-Worker Rules Seek to Increase Wages

 

February 10, 2010  

RCMA honors longtime employees

 

County pledges ongoing support for Kettleman

 

Dallas Council to Vote on Cesar Chavez Boulevard

 

February 9, 2010  

Nozzolio announces hearing on farmworker rights bill

 

February 8, 2010

Counting Migrants on Farms a Challenge to Census

 

February 7, 2010

Michael Peltier: The other side of the freeze

 

February 5, 2010  

State Senate ag committee to take up farmworker bill

 

February 4, 2010  

EPA official visits Kettleman families, landfill  

He hears from families affected by birth defects.