Articles Tagged with ''farmworker protections''

Study: AB 1066 is cutting in half California’s ag overtime workforce

11/08/23 7:10 AM By Brad Hooker

A new study shows the number of employees working overtime hours has roughly dropped in half under AB 1066.

California to approve Julie Su’s second replacement

05/01/23 6:52 AM By Brad Hooker

Stewart Knox, who previously served as undersecretary and has a background with agriculture, is lined up for Senate confirmation.

DPR takes ‘less politicized’ approach with 1,3-D, but farmers remain skeptical

01/11/23 7:15 AM By Brad Hooker

The Department of Pesticide Regulation has drafted a new regulation to further restrict the use of Telone. Farm groups are calling the science conservative and the justification weak, while activists say it doesn't go far enough.

Climate report forecasts heat that will threaten crops, farmworkers

08/18/21 5:30 AM By Brad Hooker

A new United Nations report underscores the grim reality that extreme heat poses for crops, livestock and farmworkers.

Lawmakers race to procure N95s for farmworkers during wildfire smoke

07/07/21 9:12 AM By Brad Hooker

California may soon grant farmworkers essential access to the state stockpile of N95 respirators to distribute when wildfire smoke is hazardous.

Dems call for universal income for farmworkers during drought

06/11/21 7:46 AM By Brad Hooker

Lawmakers are calling on Newsom to expand his universal basic income pilot program to farmworkers displaced by drought.

California hires more H-2A guest workers — despite strict new regulatory hurdles for COVID-19

04/21/21 9:14 AM By Brad Hooker

California’s strict COVID-19 measures have added more regulatory layers for agricultural employers dependent on the H-2A visa program for guest workers.

Legislature looks to tighten state H-2A regulations

04/14/21 7:18 AM By Brad Hooker

Lawmakers are hoping to protect vulnerable H-2A temporary guestworkers from exploitative practices by returning to two earlier legislative proposals.

Ag groups sue to block Coachella’s farmworker hazard pay

03/16/21 12:00 AM By Brad Hooker

A coalition of organizations has filed a lawsuit to block an emergency ordinance on “hero pay” the City of Coachella passed in February.

More Dems praise Newsom for attention to farmworkers

03/01/21 10:33 AM By Brad Hooker

Gov. Newsom returned to Fresno County on Friday to promote the administration’s efforts to bring vaccine doses to the Central Valley and to farmworkers.

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11.22.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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