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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
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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, 2010 -
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
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