Items Tagged with 'United Farm Workers'

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 labor costs.

The United Farm Workers is suing the Trump administration over changes to the H-2A visa program that will result in lower wages for foreign ag labor. The lawsuit says the Labor Department's interim final rule undermines the intent of having adverse effect wage rates.

Snowpack survey * UFW sues Border Patrol * Garamendi talks ag issues * Rollins: We’ll unleash rural ‘prosperity’

USDA's Equity Commission issued a final report Thursday that includes a recommendation for reforms to commodity programs to address “historical inequities and discrimination” in the way farm subsidies are distributed.