/tags/migrant-workers Migrant Workers en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:17:44 GMT /local-news/2024-08-06/rutland-county-farm-owner-cited-alleged-assaults-employee-teenager Members of Migrant Justice held a press conference in West Pawlet last month to denounce the alleged assaults of a farmworker and his nephew. The farm owner has since been issued a citation for two counts of misdemeanor simple assault. Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:17:44 GMT /local-news/2024-08-06/rutland-county-farm-owner-cited-alleged-assaults-employee-teenager Samantha Watson /local-news/2024-06-05/migrant-justice-vermont-law-updated-housing-employment-rights-handbook-dairy-workers Migrant Justice, a farmworker advocacy group, partnered with Vermont Law and Graduate School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems in 2018 to develop a manual of farmworker's rights. Now, they've updated the guide. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:03:50 GMT /local-news/2024-06-05/migrant-justice-vermont-law-updated-housing-employment-rights-handbook-dairy-workers Samantha Watson /show/made-here/2024-03-14/10-years-after-hide-migrant-farmworkers-in-vt-are-still-seeking-rights "Hide" takes viewers inside the daily lives of migrant farmers who sustain Vermont's dairy farms as they organize in an effort to overcome isolation and discrimination. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:03:04 GMT /show/made-here/2024-03-14/10-years-after-hide-migrant-farmworkers-in-vt-are-still-seeking-rights Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson, Eric Ford /show/vermont-edition/2023-03-22/vermonts-child-labor-laws-were-written-for-family-farms-but-what-about-migrant-workers Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with Vermont's labor commissioner and advocates about child labor practices on dairies in the state. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:55:12 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-03-22/vermonts-child-labor-laws-were-written-for-family-farms-but-what-about-migrant-workers Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer /npr-news/2022-12-28/farmworkers-brace-for-more-time-in-the-shadows-after-latest-effort-fails-in-congress A legalization path for farmworkers failed to pass this month and faces an even steeper climb in a Republican-controlled House in the next Congress. Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:28:03 GMT /npr-news/2022-12-28/farmworkers-brace-for-more-time-in-the-shadows-after-latest-effort-fails-in-congress Ximena Bustillo /npr-news/2021-10-16/the-power-of-language-how-the-word-latinx-is-challenging-an-entire-culture “Latinxâ€� is an increasingly popular gender-inclusive term in the United States, but Latinos in New Hampshire are divided on whether they should change the way they communicate. Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:22:09 GMT /npr-news/2021-10-16/the-power-of-language-how-the-word-latinx-is-challenging-an-entire-culture Gabriela Lozada, Report for America Corps Member /vpr-news/2021-03-22/high-stakes-supreme-court-clash-between-growers-farmworkers-could-blow-up-other-laws At issue is a 1975 California law that allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union. Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-03-22/high-stakes-supreme-court-clash-between-growers-farmworkers-could-blow-up-other-laws Nina Totenberg /vpr-news/2020-10-05/27-farmworkers-in-shoreham-test-positive-for-covid-19 Updated 10/6/20 11:50 a.m.In Shoreham, 27 farmworkers at Champlain Orchards have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Vermont Department ofâ€� Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:12:10 GMT /vpr-news/2020-10-05/27-farmworkers-in-shoreham-test-positive-for-covid-19 Henry Epp, Abagael Giles /the-frequency/2020-05-26/vermonts-immigrant-farm-workers-dont-have-covid-19-aid Immigrant workers on Vermont’s dairy farms can’t access coronavirus aid funds. Plus: beer, masks, and the latest COVID-19 case numbers.Want the webâ€� Tue, 26 May 2020 09:45:00 GMT /the-frequency/2020-05-26/vermonts-immigrant-farm-workers-dont-have-covid-19-aid Henry Epp, Mark Davis, Anna Van Dine /vpr-news/2020-05-25/they-should-include-us-vermonts-immigrant-farmworkers-push-for-coronavirus-aid Immigrant workers on Vermont’s dairy farms say they want access to the same coronavirus aid programs that have helped other residents weather theâ€� Mon, 25 May 2020 21:55:00 GMT /vpr-news/2020-05-25/they-should-include-us-vermonts-immigrant-farmworkers-push-for-coronavirus-aid Peter Hirschfeld