‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn dairy industry fight for basic labor protections

Migrant labor fuels much of Vermont’s dairy industry, but workers are exempt from minimum wage rules, overtime protections and the right to unionize…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/vermont-dairy-industry-migrant-labor-workers-rights

 

A message from our farm workers

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3qCDoDIwwCg

Trump to cut protections for home health aides, migrant farmworkers - The Washington Post

The U.S. Labor Department announced plans this week to slash more than 60 regulations — including eliminating overtime and minimum wage protections for home health care workers and union organizing rights for migrant farmworkers...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/02/trump-labor-department/

 

‘It’s slavery for modern times’: how children of 12 toil in Colorado’s fields | Child labour | The Guardian

As Democrats in Washington fight looser child labour laws, the debate is more nuanced in the farms of San Luis valley. It's hard and hazardous work but the Hispanic migrants need every cent…

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/06/how-children-of-12-toil-in-colorado-san-luis-valley-farms

On America's farms, foreign workers solve one problem but raise others : NPR

"I want to make sure that there are fewer obstacles in front of our ability to produce food in this country, and to make sure that the American people continue to have an abundant and safe food supply," says Newhouse. "If we don't have an adequate labor force for the agricultural industry, that's in jeopardy."…https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1187682674/farm-workers-guest-workers-h-2a-visa-agricultural-harvest-farm-labor

The clock ticks down on immigration deal that could help rein in food inflation - POLITICO

Hopes that Congress will finally pass a bipartisan fix to the flawed farm labor system are dwindling, despite supporters' argument that it could bring down soaring food prices.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/25/migrant-farm-labor-food-inflation-00047538

Meet the workers who put food on America’s tables – but can’t afford groceries

Undocumented immigrants are doing the backbreaking farm work that keeps the US food system running but struggle to feed their families…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/13/meet-the-workers-who-put-food-on-americas-tables-but-cant-afford-groceries

EPA limits enforcement of pesticide application boundaries | TheHill

...Advocates have raised concerns about the potential impact on particularly vulnerable populations, who may have difficulty seeking health care. "This is not by any means improving enforceability, what it is, is it's weakening protections for farmworkers," said Amy Liebman, the director of the Migrant Clinicians Network, which aims to help clinicians provide care for migrants.......

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/523442-epa-limits-enforcement-pesticide-application-boundaries