Farm Workers

An interview with Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Ashley Randle.

(Airs 03/21/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Assembly Republican Minority Leader William Barclay about the budget, the plight of small farms, migrants, child care, and much more.

This week the New York State Department of Labor finalized farm labor overtime regulations. Over the next 10 years overtime will be reduced from the current 60-hour threshold to 40 hours.

New York’s Farm Workers Fair Laborers Practices Act mandates that all farmworkers, including foreign visa employees, receive overtime after working 60…

Free COVID-19 testing is being offered for farm workers in western Massachusetts.Tests will be done, by appointment, on Thursday June 25th at the Big E…

A recent ruling from the highest court in Massachusetts is being hailed as an important victory for workers’ rights. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial…

New York farmworkers are hoping a legal challenge might tip the scales in their favor after years of protesting a state law that prevents them from…

A judge has allowed the New York Farm Bureau to intervene in a lawsuit that could dramatically affect farm wages in the state.The New York State Supreme…

Advocates for farm workers are trying a new route to gain the right to form a union and be allowed benefits afforded to other laborers in New York. They…

A recent report shows New York farm workers generally make more than the state minimum wage, unlike others in low paying jobs who have been the focus of…