April 18, 2024 - Last-Minute Budget Change Could Weaken Workers’ Claims to Weekly Pay

January 12, 2024 - Groups renew call for NYS to expand unemployment insurance

January 12, 2024 - Local leaders push for state support in proposed unemployment program

January 10, 2024 - Task force addresses human trafficking problem in N.Y.

May 12, 2023 - Separating fear, rhetoric from reality: What Title 42's end really means for New York

April 12, 2023 - Rally to raise minimum wage held in Rochester

March 2, 2023 - Raise Up NY Coalition holds rally to raise minimum wage in New York

January 25, 2023 - These NY workers Can't Get unemployment. What Would it Look Like for NY to Cover Them? (Paywall)

January 24, 2023 - Kingston Rally Seeks Support for Minimum Wage Hike Plan

January 19, 2023 - CNY Group Pushes Unemployment Program Aimed at Helping Non-Traditional Workers

January 19, 2023 - Rally Held for Workers' Rights

October 15, 2022 - Dairy worker housing goes uninspected. The result is horrific conditions on some farms

October 7, 2022 - NY sets overtime threshold for farm workers. Has it worked in other states?

October 5, 2022 - Dairy worker housing goes uninspected. The result is horrific conditions on some farms

October 4, 2022 - Worker Justice Center of New York cheers farmworker overtime change

September 7, 2022 - Support, criticism pours in about farm worker overtime plan

September 6, 2022 - Wage Board recommends DOL chief accept 40-hour overtime threshold for New York farm workers 

August 2, 2022 - New York Farmworkers Say They Are Stiffed on Overtime

March 25, 2022 - Mid Hudson 'excluded workers' shut out of relief fund call for it to be refilled in 2022 state budget

March 23, 2022 - Excluded workers march to Capitol eyeing $3B more in benefits

March 21, 2022 - Photos: Excluded workers rally in Kingston

March 21, 2022 - Excluded workers press lawmakers for funding in NY state budget

March 18, 2022 - Activists call for additional $3B for Excluded Workers Fund

March 18, 2022 - Rochester community rallys for excluded workers

March 18, 2022 - Essential workers, labor unions respond to rollback of NY Hero Worker Protection

January 29, 2022 - Judge orders Wallkill company to reinstate two workers fired for participating in ‘impromptu strike’

January 28, 2022 - Farmworkers alarmed as New York state looks at expanded overtime for workers

January 7, 2022 - How Farmworkers Are Organizing to Close the Wage Gap

December 16, 2021 - N.Y. unemployment insurance for all eyed next legislative session

December 16, 2021 - State legislators, advocates call for permanent Excluded Workers Fund

November 18, 2021 - Excluded Workers Fund provided relief...for those who actually received funds

November 18, 2021 - There Are No Immigrants Left in New Jersey County Jails. Where is Ice Sending Them?

October 22, 2021 - A Closer Look at New York’s First Farmworkers Union

October 15, 2021 - New York Now: Future of NY's Farms, COVID-19 Under Hochul, Court Costs Conundrum

October 12, 2021 - 15 state lawmakers request more money for Excluded Workers Fund

October 11, 2021 - Excluded Workers Fund applications are closing in New York as $2B fund runs dry

October 7, 2021 - Advocates push for more in $2.1B Excluded Workers Fund

October 7, 2021 - 'Too many people left out': Calls for Excluded Workers Fund expansion

April 21, 2021 - New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Announces Partnership with the New York State Bar Association to Provide Free Legal Services for Injured Workers

April 13, 2021 - The 2021 Upstate Power 100

March 25, 2021 - Sanctuary Movement pushes $3.5B for excluded workers

March 25, 2021 - Activists on hunger strike push $3.5B for excluded workers

February 16, 2021 - Immigration Has Not Been Magically Fixed Under Biden

December 3, 2020 - Food Banks Are Getting Slammed With Need, But Not With Support

December 2, 2020 - Vaccines are on the way, but questions over funding and fairness linger

November 9, 2020 - Lessons learned from one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in New York

September 21, 2020 - Buffalo Detention Center/ Im/migrants work under slave labor conditions

September 17, 2020 - Working for $1 a day

September 14, 2020 - The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic

September 8, 2020 - How COVID-19 Is Impacting Long Island Farmers

September 5, 2020 - Former fed detainees sue, claiming $1 a day commissary pay borders on slavery

September 4, 2020 - Immigrants detained at Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia sue contractor over $1-a-day work program

September 4, 2020 - 'Borders on slavery': Suit claims labor violations at Batavia immigration facility

September 4, 2020 - As apple season starts, NY farmers grapple with coronavirus

September 1, 2020 - Overtime pay for farmworkers still in dispute

August 11, 2020 - New York farmworkers says more protections needed against COVID-19

August 11, 2020 - Viewpoint: Farmworkers deserve basic COVID protections

July 20, 2020 - Mount Kisco Diner Pays $900,000 Settlement To Workers

July 10, 2020 - Mount Kisco Diner settles lawsuit, ends bankruptcy case

July 1, 2020 - The Future of Food & Farms 

June 26, 2020 - Sanctuary movement rallies for Alima

June 16, 2020 - Living to work: Massive NY greenhouse coronavirus outbreak exposes migrant workers’ vulnerability

June 16, 2020 - Greenhouse outbreak part of national problem

June 1, 2020 - Caravans gather across NYS to support undocumented, essential workers

May 25, 2020 - Listen: Cristian Avila, Workers’ Rights Advocate for Worker Justice Center of New York on farm workers risks

May 19, 2020 - Green Empire Farms outbreak shows NY fails to protect farmworkers

May 15, 2020 - Housing Worry for Laborers as New York’s Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble (en español)

May 13, 2020 - Farm Labor: The Forgotten “Essential Workers”

May 3, 2020 - Latest Coronavirus Updates

April 24, 2020 - Worker gets $30k after suing Dari Del over pay, housing

April 23, 2020 - Utica dairy settles suit alleging violations of labor law

April 21, 2020 - Red Hook groups among beneficiaries of Dutchess Responds grants amid virus pandemic

April 21, 2020 - Essential yet marginalized, migrant farmworkers face health care insecurities

April 20, 2020 - Undocumented, Essential and Sick: COVID-19 Comes to the Farm

April 16, 2020 - Worker with disability wins discrimination case

April 15, 2020 - Disabled worker wins discrimination settlement

April 7, 2020 - Viewpoint: The workers who feed us deserve basic protections

April 1, 2020 -CARES Act has holes for workers

March 26, 2020 - Farmers Forge Ahead During the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 19, 2020 - Agency looks out for low-wage workers amid virus pandemic

January 29, 2020 - Split Opinion Over Federal Bill to Legalize Farmworkers as NY’s New Law Takes Effect

January 13, 2020 - Advocates call on state lawmakers to outlaw ICE arrests at courthouses

December 16, 2018 - Undocumented immigrant obtains driving permit in Monroe County 

December 16, 2019 - Here's How the Green Light Law Is Being Rolled Out in WNY

December 16, 2019 - With Red Flags, Green Light Law Not As Easy As 1, 2, 3

December 12, 2019 - House passes immigrant farmworker bill

December 6, 2019 - Undocumented Immigrants Are Fighting for Driver's Licenses in Massachusetts to Drive Without Fear

December 4, 2019 - U.S. farms recruit Mexican veterinarians to work as animal scientists - then use them as milkers 

November 22, 2019 - Wisconsin's dairy industry would collapse without the work of Latino immigrants — many of them undocumented

November 16, 2019 - Buying Local Won’t Help Exploited Farmworkers

November 9, 2019 - Contested new law could help undocumented victims of domestic violence

November 5, 2019 - As Dairy Workers Fight For Better Conditions, Will Chobani Help Lead The Way?

November 1, 2019 - Bipartisan bill would give more immigrant farmworkers access to legal status

October 27, 2019 - A Helping Hand. Advocating for immigrants’ rights in the Hudson Valley.

October 15, 2019 -Tivoli hosts Eleanor Roosevelt celebration, bronze bust dedication

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