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The California Migrant Ministry (CMM) was a non-profit organization that played a significant role in the 20th century farm worker movement, emphasizing the involvement of religious organizations from its inception, under the leadership and influence of Doug Still, Chris Hartmire, and Cesar Chavez.
The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Gilbert Padilla and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by organizer Larry Itliong.
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA or MSPA) (public law 97-470) (January 14, 1983), codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872, is the main federal law that protects farm workers in the United States and repealed and replaced the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (P.L. 88-582).
Per state law, a migrant farmworker is defined as an individual who makes at least 50% of their total income from agricultural employment and lives 50 miles away for at least three months after ...
About 42% of U.S. farm workers are undocumented, and Trump's plan to deport millions of migrants could uproot the industry's workforce.
U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in ...
The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse.ɾo], meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a U.S. Government-sponsored program that imported Mexican farm and railroad workers into the United States between the years 1942 and 1964.
Migrant workers: Kentucky farm withheld payment, retaliated against them over complaints. Taylor Six. December 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM. Charles Bertram/2017 staff file photo.