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  • Farmworkers in the U.S.
    • Web Documentary on Farmworkers
    • FLOC shakes up RJ Reynolds Shareholders Meeting
    • Bon Appetit joins campaign for fair food
    • The Bandana Project
    • Farmworker Awareness Week
    • Slow Food USA: Farmworkers need to be part of this movement
    • High Demand for "Grapes of Wrath" -- Still Relevant
    • Farmworkers Producing Valuable Exports, Not Sharing in the Profits
    • US Energy Secretary: Inaction on Global Warming Could Destroy California Agriculture
  • Immigration/Labor Rights
    • The March for America -- Rally for Immigration Reform Sunday
    • NY Reporter Cuts Lettuce for a Season in Arizona -- Hard Work
    • Farm Bureau Reactionaries Sue Solis Over H-2A Guestworker Program Regulations
    • Why Guestworker Programs Are Inherently Problematic
    • Agriculture: Where All Employers Pay Below the Average Wage
    • New Congressional Bill to Protect Child Farmworkers
    • California Farm Jobs Remarkably Stable in Down Economy
    • Tomato Pickers in Immokalee, Fla. Take Step Forward but . . .
    • Growers Vent Anger But Support AgJOBS Legislation
    • Forestry Company to Pay Record $2.75 Million Settlement to Foreign Guestworkers Seeking Back Wages
    • It takes a village: coalition won policy change in guestworker program
    • Victory: Secretary Solis Reverses Bush-Chao Guestworker Regulations: Wages and Oversight Improve
    • Labor Department Reverses Bush Administration Changes to Guestworker Program
    • Secretary Solis About to Reverse Bush-Chao Guestworker Regulations
    • Is California's Great Central Valley the Appalachia of the West?
    • Agribusiness Group Ranks Immigration/Labor as Key
    • UPDATE: Solicitor of Labor Nominee Confirmed
    • Florida farmworkers suffer continued job losses due to bad weather
    • New York State Farmworker Rights Bill Faces Challenges
    • The Immigration Reform Campaign Continues
    • Sen. Schumer Plans Spring Enactment of Bipartisan Immigration Bill
    • It's Legal to Pay $750/month for Working 7 Days a Week
    • Census Plans to Count Indigenous Farmworkers
    • Our Condolences and Best Wishes to Haiti
    • Senate Confirmation Battles Impede Labor Law Enforcement
    • When Does Law Enforcement Not Matter? When It's Labor Law
    • Rep Gutierrez's immigration reform bill
    • Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill to be Introduced Tuesday by Rep. Gutierrez
    • Unemployment, Immigrants,Nativism and Blame
    • Senators Discuss Farmworker Immigration AgJOBS Bill in Hearing
    • Ohio Farmwworkers: Working Hard, Away from Families, Poor Housing
    • North Carolina Advocates Cite Guestworker Report by Farmworker Justice
    • The roots and misconceptions of child labor in agriculture
    • Children Laboring in Michigan Blueberries - Tonight
    • Bittersweet Harvest: The Smithsonian's exhibit on the Bracero Program
    • Proposals on Guestworker Program Policies Submitted by Coalition
    • The Economic Case for Covering Undocumented Workers in Health Care Reform
    • Astronaut, Former Farmworker, Says Legalize the Undocumented
    • Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Announces Proposal to Restore Labor Protections in H-2A Guestworker Program
    • New reports on labor abuses in the U.S.
    • Not Enough: Justice Dept. Indicts for Human Trafficking Under H-2A Guestworker program
    • Diverse Task Force Recommends Earned Legalization & Worker Protections
    • Senate Leaves Town Without Confirming Labor Dept. Nominees
    • Obama Administration Appeals Injunction on Guestworker Program
    • Confirm Those Dept. of Labor Nominees Already!
    • Fair food activists in Denver kicked out of screening of Food Inc
    • Update on Hagan Amendment to Senate health care bill
    • STOP SEN. HAGAN’S PROPOSAL TO EXCLUDE FARMWORKERS FROM HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND HEALTH CARE REFORM
    • Congressional rep's ask Labor Sec. to Appoint Special Assistant for Farmworkers' Issues
    • Federal Judge in NC Stops Solis Reform of H-2A Guestworker Program
    • Waiting for Court Decision on Guestworker Program Changes
    • White House Meeting on Immigration Policy: Work to Do
    • Immigration Legislation Planning Is Heating Up
    • Article Features Farmworkers' Grinding Poverty in Coachella Valley's Grapes
    • Judge Is Considering Growers' Lawsuit Against Solis on Guestworker Program
    • Farmworkers Seek to Intervene in Grower Lawsuit Against Secretary Solis
    • Grower Groups Sue Secretary Solis Over H-2A Program
    • Exploited NY Farmworkers Seeking Legislative Reform
    • NY farmworker labor bill, immigration reform and Food, Inc.
    • Labor Secretary Reverses Bush's Attack on Farmworker Labor Laws
    • Action Beginning on Immigration in Congress and Administration
    • NY Times Editorial Supports AgJOBS, notes Farmworker Justice
    • AgJOBS reintroduced!
    • Washington Times Op-Ed on Bush Guestworker Changes
    • May Day/Worker's Day Events
    • H-2 Worker, award winning documentary now on DVD
    • Ending 74 years of discrimination against agricultural workers
    • Obama Plans Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
    • NY Times Criticizes Labor Law Discrimination Against Farmworkers
    • Call in day to support FLOC Tobacco Workers Campaign
    • DOL to Growers: No weasling out of minimum wage
    • Farmworker Justice statement on DOL proposal to suspend Bush Guestworker rules
    • Audit Condemns Bush Wage and Hour Division
    • DOL to propose suspension of Bush guestworker rules
    • Secretary of Labor Plans to Suspend Midnight H-2A Regulations
    • Secretary Solis is Examining the H-2A Regulations
    • Bush-Chao H-2A Regulations In Effect: Stop this Legacy of Shame
    • Sheriff Joe Must Go
    • We have a new Secretary of Labor: Solis finally confirmed!
    • Farmworkers face extra-hard times
    • Gourmet magazine article: Politics of the Plate
    • California Drought, Farmworker Unemployment and Guestworkers
    • Senate Leaves Town Without a Vote on Solis Nomination
    • What to do to Labor Law Violators? 'Cuff 'em
    • Solis Approved by Senate Committee for Labor Secretary
    • Farms see big crop of workers
    • Guestworker Case Settles Claims from Decades Ago
    • NY Times Says Fix Midnight Regulations, Including Guestworker Program
    • New Administration Tries to Mitigate Some of the Damage of its Predecessor
    • MIA: Secretary of Labor
    • Federal Court Denies request for temporary restraining order to prevent new H2A rules from taking effect
    • Democrats look for ways to undo Bush rules changes; Republicans re-evaluate anti-immigrant rhetoric
    • "The Harm Elaine Chao Did" to Farmworkers, in Washington Post
    • Moral Outrage in the Blogosphere to Bush's Guestworker Plan
    • Holiday Brutality by Bush-Chao-Chertoff Gang of Ideologues
    • Columnist Defends Bush H-2A Plans, Wage Cuts
    • Solis, Labor Appointee, Critical of Guestworker Regulations, FJ Quoted
    • Farm worker ally Hilda Solis to be next Sec. of Labor
    • Congressional Leaders Condemn "11th hour swipe at farm workers" as Bush Guestworker Plan is finalized
    • Los Angeles Times Slams Bush Over H-2A Guestworker Regulations
    • NY Times Criticizes Bush Guestworker Plans, Recognizes Farmworker Justice for Exposing Abuses
    • Final Regulations Changes to H-2A Guestworker Program Are Out
    • Vote Now: Elect Elaine Chao "Grinch of the Year"
    • California Grape Grower Pays 1.68 Million to Settle Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
    • Subway agrees to pay increase for Florida tomato pickers
    • Vote for Secretary of Elaine Chao as Grinch of the Year
    • Farmworkers Make Growers Globally Successful
    • Bush Administration's Last-Minute Regulations Violate Own Rule
    • Secretary of Labor: Who and What Role?
    • Guestworker Abuses from the 1940s Coincide With Bush's Outrageous Plans
    • Bush Plans Thanksgiving Harvest of Shame 48 Years Later
    • Guest post: Migrant Workers in Vermont
    • Will David Bonior Be Secretary of Labor?
    • Bush Administration Plans Damage on Exit
    • Growers, Like Farmworkers, Want Immigration Reform
    • Op-Ed on Guestworker Program by UFW President
    • Bush Administration "No-Match" Rule Will Hurt U.S. Farmworkers
    • Unemployment Rises Yet Bush Still Plans Guestworker Changes
    • Guestworker Abuses from the 1940s to the 2000s
    • New Report on Labor Abuses of Pineapple Workers
    • Settlement Wins Backpay for Thousands of Former Braceros
    • Inspector General Report Critical of Labor Dept. on Work Visas
    • Michael Pollan on Future of Food Policy
    • Latino Viewpoint Website Op-Ed on Bush Guestworker Plan
    • Government Finds Labor Surplus in Major Rural Areas
    • Sacramento Bee Article Reveals H-2A Guestworker Abuses
    • Op-Ed Criticizes Bush Guestworker Plan for Agriculture
    • Dreading Bush's Next Move on Guestworker Program
    • NY Times Blames McCain and Obama on Immigration Policy
    • David Bacon on Migration and Globalization
    • The Bush Administration's Latest Assault on Immigrant Farmworkers
    • Slavery case indicates more systemic problems
    • Take back Labor Day and other News of Note
    • A scathing assessment of the DOL's harm to workers by Rep. George Miller
    • A Labor Day Attack on Farmworkers
    • Fruits of their Exploitation
    • Guestworkers Sue California Farm Labor Contractor
    • New Washington state survey emphasizes need for housing
    • Update on former UFW allies at St. Joseph's
    • The Legacy of St. Joseph's: Unionizing hospital employees in California
    • Labor Contracting Scams: From the Fields to Optic Cable
    • Call to the fields VIII
    • Call to the fields VII
    • Call to the Fields Part VI
    • Call to the fields Part V
    • Call to the Fields: Part IV
    • Call to the Fields, Part III
    • Call to the Fields, Part II
    • Protecting workers in trade agreements
    • Special Series: Call to the Fields
    • The Inhumane Legacy of Elaine Chao: Secretary of Labor
    • Bush's last minute effort to undermine work place safety rules
    • A visit to a labor camp in Maryland
    • Canadian guestworkers unionize!
    • Oh the irony! DOL investigates law firm for doing what will soon be legal
    • Farmers say we need immigration reform
    • Bracero Archive Shows Much to Learn from Past Mistakes
    • Study: Conditions Deplorable for Canadian Farmworkers
    • Autopsy, lawsuit expected today in farmworker's death
    • State shuts down labor contractor for safety violations
    • Escaping Responsibility: The Growers' Labor Contractor Scam
    • Support Indian Citizens Victimized by U.S. Guestworker Program
    • White House Distorts Agriculture Relief Act
    • Demanding Accountability from RJ Reynolds
    • "Jail the Illegals and Lower the Wages of the Legals"
    • Florida Farmworkers Win Victory Against BK
    • Two Farmworkers Slain in Florida
    • Bandana Project raises awareness of plight of female farmworkers
    • Current Guestworker Programs Also Bad for Guestworkers
    • FJ testifies at House Hearing on Guestworker Programs
    • J. Richard Cohen on the Workers at the Bottom of the Economic Food Chain
    • Farmworker Justice to testify at House Hearing on Guestworkers
    • New Documentary: Morristown: In the air and sun
    • Senate hearing on Ending Abuses and Improving Working Conditions for Tomato Workers
    • Bush's Economic Stimulus for Farmworkers: The Cattle Prod
    • CIW lauches new campaign for Florida farm workers
    • Ceclia Muñoz on farmworkers, xenophobia and hope
  • Pesticides
    • 3 opportunities to protect farmworkers' kids from pesticides
    • Birth Defects Cluster in Farmworker Community in Central Valley
    • Farmworkers & allies ask EPA to protect kids from pesticide drift
    • Growers Want to Substitute One Toxic Fumigant for Another
    • "For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough"
    • When is enough enough?
    • N.C. takes steps to improve pesticide safety for farmworkers
    • The true costs of pesticides
    • EPA bans carbofuran
    • Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides May Lead to Neurological Development Problems
    • EPA decision on fumigants doesn't go far enough
    • Farmworkers Meet with EPA
    • The Human Cost of Profit Over People: Carlitos’ Story
    • FJ's Deputy Director Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
    • EPA Allows Pesticide Manufacturers to Use Human Guinea Pigs
  • Occupational Safety
    • Farmworker Union Opposes Huge Water Subsidies for Calif. Agribusiness
    • American Farm Bureau on the Wrong Side of History Again
    • Farmworkers' Safety Still Ignored by Congressional Supporters of Ag.
    • Health Care Reform Must Be Followed by Immigration Reform
    • Call the White House: Demand Health Insurance Reform for Immigrant Farmworkers
    • Farmworkers Deserve Health Care Reform -- Regardless of Immigration Status
    • Unnecessary tragedies in California's fields
    • How Else Can Farmworkers Be Denied Health Care?
    • Farmworker Advocates Defeat Weakening of Heat Stress Protections in California
    • 4 labor contractors shut down in CA for heat-safety violations
    • H1N1 Flu: Spanish and English Resources from CDC
    • Mexican Guestworkers and the 2009 H1N1 Flu (Updated)
    • FLOC to screen migrant workers for swine flu
    • Two health and safety news items for farmworkers
    • Indigenous Farmworkers in Oregon Report Workplace Discrimination and Occupational Health Hazards
    • “We lost a decade”: More Bush Administration Deregulation Disasters
    • Florida Farmworker Killed in Machinery Incident
    • California Requires More Humane Egg Farms
    • NY Farmworker Dies in Machinery Incident
    • Emergency Preparedness Should Include Everybody!
    • Heat Related Illnesses 100% Preventable
    • Two more farmworkers die from heat
    • Autopsy Report Confirms Heat Stroke Diagnosis
    • Washington State Finalizes Rules to Protect Workers from Heat-Related Illness
    • Hispanics at higher risk for dying on the job
    • Update on Maria Isabel
    • Preventable Tragedies: Farmworkers and Heat-Stress
  • HIV/AIDS issues
    • Health screenings, haircuts, and HIV
    • 20th World AIDS Day, December 1st
    • Senate Considers Lifting Travel Ban on HIV-positive Foreigners
  • News
    • February 2010 -- An Important Month for Farmworkers
    • Helping Florida's Farmworkers Laid Off Due to Freezes
    • Thank You for Your Support During 2009
    • Honoring Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- the Half in Ten Campaign
    • Combined Federal Campaign Open Until Jan. 15
    • Achieve Farmworker Justice in 2010
    • Profile of WA Farmworker Organizer Tomas Villanueva
    • Farmworker Justice Board of Directors Elects Grizelle Apodaca as Chair
    • Farmworker Justice Seeks a Top-Notch Attorney -- Apply Now
    • Pres. Obama Nominates Raul Yzaguirre, FJ's Honorary President, as Ambassador to Dominican Republic
    • New issue of Farmworker Justice News, Volume 24
    • Sen. Kennedy's Vision for Farmworkers on Video
    • Sen. Edward Kennedy, Champion of Farmworkers, Dies
    • Former Migrant Farmworker is Astronaut on Shuttle
    • Farmworker News Roundup #17
    • Farmworker News Roundup #16
    • WBAI Radio program on immigrant guest workers
    • Farmworker News Roundup #15
    • Farmworker JusticeAward Reception May 6
    • Farmworker News Roundup #14
    • Farmworker News Roundup #13
    • Tribute to Shelley Davis at Western Migrant Stream Forum
    • Farmworker News Roundup #12
    • Best Wishes From Farmworker Justice
    • LA Times Obituary of FJ's Deputy Director Shelley Davis
    • Shelley Davis, Farmworker Advocate: 1952-2008
    • FLOC campaign for tobacco workers
    • Farmworker News Roundup #11
    • Farmworker Justice Auction: Great Football Game Seats
    • Obama Campaign Learned from Farmworker Organizing
    • Farmworker NewsRoundup #10
    • Labor Movement on the Move
    • Sen. Gordon Smith -- Agribusiness Owner -- Loses by a Hair
    • Vote! Lots of Farmworkers Can't
    • Wine Writer Visits Roots in the Vineyard
    • Farmworker Justice News - Fall 2008 Issue - Is Online
    • Florida Educator Award Goes to Former Migrant Worker
    • Farmworker News Roundup #9
    • Farmworker News Roundup #8
    • Farmworker News Roundup #7
    • Farmworker News Roundup #6
    • News Roundup #5
    • News Roundup #4
    • News Roundup #3
    • News Roundup #3
    • News Roundup #2
    • News Roundup #1
  • Special Events
    • Join Farmworker Justice to Honor Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
    • 2 Awardees Announced by Farmworker Justice for 2010
    • 55th Birthday Wish -- Support the Cause of Farmworker Justice
    • Support FJ and the Socially Responsible Wine Tasting, Dec. 2
    • Join this Impressive Group of Farmworker Advocacy Supporters
    • Combined Federal Campaign and Farmworker Justice
    • Socially Responsible Wine Tasting - Drink for a Cause!
    • 8th Annual Socially Responsible Wine Tasting Supports Farmworker Justice
    • Interfaith Vigil and Action for Farmworkers 7/28 in L.A.
    • Charity Auction Online Bidding Ends Sunday
    • Farmworker Justice Award Reception - A Great Evening
    • Support Vineyards that Treat Farmworkers Decently
    • One Auction Ending and Another Will Begin: All for a Good Cause
    • Hawaii Retreat Charity Auction Successful
    • The Auction Has Begun!!
    • Join Us: 7th Annual Socially Responsible Wine Tasting

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Shelley Davis Tributes and Memorials

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