Farmworker wages rose 3.2% nationally this year from 2023, according to an American Farm Bureau Foundation analysis of USDA’s Farm Labor Survey, which is used to set H-2A minimum wage rates. In 2024, ...

AB 2227 would tighten farm labor contractor licensing, raise surety bond requirements, and create a faster path for farmworkers to recover unpaid wages when contractors default. Worker advocates say ...

There was widespread outrage at President Donald Trump’s comments earlier this year that Immigration and Customs Enforcement shouldn’t enforce the law against farms employing illegal aliens.

A new Department of Labor rule would reduce wages for foreign agricultural workers under the H-2A visa program. The United Farm Workers union argues the wage cut for foreign workers will also undercut ...

Federal regulations now split foreign ag workers into two skill levels based on experience. Understand these rules before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than one year after a car crash killed seven farmworkers in Madera, the U.S. Department of Labor has sued their Fresno County ...