New York, NY – Students of U.S. labor history know farmworkers were written out of both the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, which established the minimum wage and overtime for
The black-robed jurists who, last month, drop-kicked the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 [CARLA] into the trash bin with a 6-3 decision favoring greedy growers eager to bar
New York, NY – California Congressman Raul Ruiz and immigrant rights activists are calling on the Biden Administration to include aid to some 11 millions undocumented workers who make up a
ALBANY, N.Y.—Farmworkers in New York State will get basic labor rights they’ve been denied since the 1930s, under a bill the Legislature passed earlier this month on June 19. The
NEW YORK, N.Y.—In the first 17 days of this month, the temperature in New York City reached 90°F five times. That kind of scorching heat can be deadly, especially for
