For years, U.S. farmworkers have been pressuring Kroger, the nation’s largest supermarket, to come to the table to establish stronger labor protections on the farms supplying its fruits and vegetables ...

On Nov. 21, 18 workers including an Oxnard strawberry farm worker, the union and its foundation filed suit over new federal ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer. The ...

HANDS AFTER SWIMMING. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN YOLO COUNTY AFTER A GROUP OF FARM WORKERS SAY THEY WERE FIRED AFTER THEY WALKED OFF THE JOB DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT. KCRA 3’S MARICELA DE LA CRUZ ...

In roughly nine years since he first came to Louisiana State Penitentiary, Patrick Jones has picked corn, okra, cabbage and beans by hand. He’s cut grass. He’s baled hay. He’s made sandbags and ...

Finding good, reliable and legal workers that you can trust with your cows or driving your sophisticated farm equipment remains a challenge from coast to coast and all parts in between. The Trump ...

Imagine a farm in 2050. It's summer and solar radiation and humidity are peaking. Fruit picking machines hum and cooling mist sprays overhead. In the haze, a robot stands among the rows of fruit. It ...

Under new federal rules, farmers can pay workers with H-2A visas nearly $2 an hour less than they have earned.

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has levied its largest-ever fine against a farm labor contractor, saying a Richland business employed 5,000 in 2024 when it did not have a license.