In the Media

July 29, 2019 - ‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’

July 19 2019 - Feds charge Newburgh nail polish maker with firing disabled workers

July 17, 2019 - Governor Cuomo Signs Farm Workers Bill

July 17 2019 - National immigration announcements add to local fear

July 17, 2019 - Man detained after feds respond to Albion home

July 10, 2019 - New York Creates Safeguards Against ICE Facial Recognition Searches

June 18, 2019 - Will undocumented New Yorkers rush to apply for driver's licenses?

June 6, 2019 - Driver's license bill moves forward in Assembly

June 6, 2019 - Groundbreaking Reforms Could Finally Grant Protections to Farmworkers

May 28, 2019 - On the picket line: Farmworkers, Sex workers, Airline mechanics

May 24, 2019 - New York farmworkers have the right to unionize, appeals court rules

May 24, 2019 - Justice denied no longer: After 80 years, farmworkers win the equal labor right to organize and bargain collectively

May 23, 2019 - Cuomo, Attorney General Letitia James support court decision allowing farmworkers to organize

May 23, 2019 - Court rules New York farmworkers have the right to unionize

May 17, 2019 - Westchester Day Laborers Win Wage Theft Case 

May 7, 2019 - Jornaleros luchan contra robo de salarios en corte federal

May 2, 2019 - Fighting the good fight from the left. Ransby, Papenfuse and McFetridge are the Spirit of John Brown Award recipients

April 12, 2019 - Sabor Latino dinner exposes students to Spanish culture through traditional food, telenovela play

April 1, 2019 - Undocumented farm workers talk discrimination and empowerment at panel

March 30, 2019 - Hearings scheduled for debate on Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act

March 26, 2019 - Damned if They Drive, Damned if They Don’t

March 19, 2019 - Will Immigrants Find Themselves in the Driver’s Seat?

March 14, 2019 - Undocumented immigrants push bill to get behind the wheel

March 13, 2019 - Two Charged In White Plains Federal Court For Visa Fraud Conspiracy Involving Moroccan Consulate And Mission In New York

March 12, 2019 - Driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants getting closer to reality in New York

March 12, 2019 - Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers

March 5, 2019 - Farmworker fair labor act too costly for farmers, Farm Bureau says

March 2, 2019 - State lawmakers in Ulster back driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants

February 28, 2019 - Former Tenampa Restaurant cook seeks backpay in bankruptcy action

February 22, 2019 - Farm workers fair labor practices supported

February 12, 2019 - Suit to allow farmworker organizing heard in Albany appeals court

February 11, 2019 - Arguments hears in farm worker rights suit

February 10, 2019 - End this harvest of shame: Give New York farmworkers the labor rights they have long deserved

January 16, 2019 - There are benefits to drivers’ licenses for the undocumented

December 26, 2018 - Rochester 10: Rochesterians Creating a New Wave

December 14, 2018 - Lauren Deutsch brings empathy, legal skills to Worker Justice Center

December 5, 2018 - Kingston adopts municipal ID program; mayor's OK expected

November 28, 2018 - Death on Small Farm

November 21, 2018 - The Last Harvest

November 21, 2018 - Worker Justice Center gets new leader

November 12, 2018 - 6 ex-New Windsor workers sue Indian food company

October 24, 2018 - The Farm Report: Episode 334 "Why is Food Insecurity a Farmworker Issue?"

October 8, 2018 - An Eden farm is at the center of a migrant worker lawsuit

October 2, 2018 - ICE Workplace Audits Force Out Immigrant Farmworkers Upstate

September 26, 2018 - Migrant farm workers file class-action lawsuit

September 20, 2018 - City’s Milk Buying Could Help Farmers in Crisis and Workers in Need

September 20, 2018 - Irene Sanchez on Puerto Rican migrant farm laborers (La Voz, Radio Kingston)

September 17, 2018 - In New York, fired farmworker keeps fighting for rights in appeal

August 21, 2018 - Advocates push for immigrants to have driver's licenses in New York

August 21, 2018 - Advocates call for support of migrant workers ahead of NYS Fair

August 20, 2018 - Harvest their due: The fight for farmworkers' rights presses on

August 17, 2018 - Farmworkers Struggle to Unionize in New York. Crispin Hernandez May Change That

August 12, 2018 - Orleans County farm sued by workers who claim unlawful pay and living conditions

June 28, 2018 - Families Belong Together rally set for Saturday

June 05, 2018 - Advocates for Selena Hidalgo-Calderon give update on homicide case

June 3, 2018 - Search for missing Sodus toddler called off

March 22, 2018 - Immigration advocates protest Greyhound bus searches

May 30, 2018 - As Trump EPA Attacks Workers and Environment, Trio of Lawsuits Takes Aim at "Outrageous" Pro-Pesticide Agenda

May 11th, 2018 - Undocumented immigrants fighting for bill that would give them a license

April 19, 2018 - Immigrants’ Advocates Push for Passage of Driver License Bill

April 10, 2018 - Equal Pay Day points to 100-year wage gap for women’s work

March 14, 2018 - East and West Coast farmworkers unite for labor rights

March 19, 2018 - Newburgh pizzeria sued for wage theft

March 9, 2018 - Worker Justice Center files wage theft lawsuit against Newburgh pizzeria

February 6, 2018 - Immigrant Faces the Death of a Dream

January 24, 2018 - Man facing deportation pleads guilty in Federal Court Wednesday

January 18th, 2018 - A New York farmworker was fired for organizing. State Supreme Court says that’s legal

December 11, 2017 - Another NY farmworker dies on the job; we must get serious about safety (Commentary)

November 10, 2017 - Albany Law holds symposium on sanctuary cities

October 26, 2017 - Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh, justice center official honored for aid to farmworkers

October 5, 2017 - The Jamaican Apple Pickers of Upstate New York 

Sept. 8, 2017 - Rallying cry: Rochester activists urge immigration reform

September 7, 2017 - A New Report Chronicles the Hard Work of Making Your Milk

August 2, 2017 - 'Milked' workers speak out about experiences on New York dairy farms

July 27, 2017 - Do You Drink Milk? Read This

July 19, 2017 - New York Farmworkers to Argue in State Supreme Court for Right to Organize

July 14, 2017 - Two-thirds of dairy workers have been injured at least once, report finds

July 7, 2017 - Lawsuit Seeks to Win Organizing Rights for New York’s Farmworkers

June 12, 2017 - Immigrant farm workers treated badly

June 6, 2017 - Can America's Farms Survive the Threat of Deportations? 

March 30, 2017 - Activists rally in Batavia for detained farmworker

March 22, 2017 - For undocumented workers, a rock and a hard place

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