Labor
Washington state’s Evans Fruit fined $150K For COVID-19 violations
A Yakima, Washington, area fruit grower and processor has been fined more than $150,000 by the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) for violating COVID-19 workplace requirements designed to... more »
South African H-2A workers get exemption from travel ban
The State Department agreed Jan. 28 to give H-2A workers from South Africa an exemption from the U.S. travel ban taking effect on Saturday. The national interest exemption will also apply to some H-2B visa... more »
17th Annual Washington State Agriculture Safety Day: Production to Processing
Agriculture Safety Day is one of the finest safety conferences in the Pacific Northwest and is focused on the agriculture industry. Registration for the 17th annual Agriculture Safety Day is now open. Sign up today... more »
UC Davis launches $3M project to improve farmworker COVID-19 safety
California’s 800,000 farmworkers have been hit hard by COVID-19, the disease that has infected more than 25 million people and killed more than 420,000 in the United States. Farmworkers are especially vulnerable to the airborne... more »
Biden administration nixes H-2A regulation reforms
Immigration reform legislation that President Joe Biden introduced on his first day in office seeks to legalize millions of undocumented workers. At the same time he proposed immigration reform, Biden withdrew the Trump administration’s just... more »
Pinnacle Claims Management launches rapid COVID-19 testing solutions
Irvine, California-based Pinnacle Claims Management, part of the Western Growers Family of companies, announced Jan. 25. the launch of rapid COVID-19 testing at employer locations in Arizona and California as well as our Cedar Clinic... more »
GAO: More info needed to protect workers from pesticide exposure
Farmworkers exposed to agricultural pesticides need additional information on how to protect themselves, according to the Government Accountability Office. According to a news release, since 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had a Worker... more »
Funding for ag labor and wildfire research included in grant program
Two new projects designed and led by University of California Merced researchers will address challenges facing many Californians – wildfire recovery and agricultural labor – but will also have global reach. Both are funded through... more »
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