farmworkers

A company in Silverton and its housing provider must pay $35,000 in penalties after an inspection found migrant farm workers housed in filthy, rodent-infested quarters.  The U.S. Department of Labor said Friday that its inspectors found families in “dilapidated, trash strewn housing” at the facility.   Accordi...

Critics say the country's guest farmworker program is exploiting laborers.  On Tuesday, a panel of speakers will discuss the effects of the H-2A program in Bellingham.  The program allows farms to recruit workers from other countries and gives them temporary visas.   ...

The Western Growers Association says recent comments by Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicate the Justice Department will focus on deporting felons, not farm workers.  Sessions recently told Fox News the Justice Department does not intend to target illegal immigrants who have not committed crimes beyond illegally entering the country.  ...

Oregon farmworkers are joining advocates across the nation to petition the EPA, calling on them to ban the use of pesticide called chlorpyrifos.  The feds banned home use of the insecticide in 2000, but have allowed use on farms to treat crops such as apples, nuts and corn, and it is even used on wood fences and golf courses.  Ra...

As fresh produce from around the Northwest trickles into area grocery stores, one Oregon –based organization it’s more focused on the living conditions for field workers.  Since 1994, the Farmworker Housing Development Corporation, or FHDC, has been developing housing for farmworkers and their families.  FHDC Executive...