Two bills in Olympia could create a collective bargaining structure for the hundreds of thousands of farmworkers in ...

Farmworker and grower groups are battling over the future of the H-2A program, as the Trump administration seeks to lower wages and provide relief to farmers who have complained for years about rising ...

Farmworkers pick strawberries May 19, 2023, near Watsonville. California farmworkers earn under $20,000 a year and face overcrowded housing, food insecurity and health risks. A living wage would ...

Librada Paz, a former farmworker who has been a vocal in pressing the state for overtime, collective bargaining and other labor rights for farmworkers, has been named the 2012 winner of the Robert F.

SALINAS – In August 1970, the largest farmworker strike in U.S. history converged on Salinas, demanding decent wages and working conditions. The “Salad Bowl Strike” rallied thousands of farmworkers to ...

When I was 3 years old, my parents were picking Thompson grapes in the long rows of the Central Valley while I lay asleep on top of a brown raisin tray. Back then, my parents couldn't afford daycare, ...