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The thousands of people paid to plant corn, pick apples and milk cows in New York often work long days, six days a week — and earn overtime only after 60 hours of labor.
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The state’s Farm Laborers Wage Board bypassed a legal deadline of Dec. 15 to decide whether farmworkers should receive overtime pay after working 40 hours a week.
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Owners of smaller local farms in New York are warning that a proposal to pay overtime after their workers reach 40 hours each week could put some of them out of business.
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Upstate farmers are worried that a 60-hour overtime threshold for farm workers could be lowered.
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Farm workers in New York state are one of the populations waiting for the state to deem them eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. There’s growing…
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Frequent moves are hard on kids. From APM Reports, a growing body of research says children with unstable housing are more likely to struggle in school…
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A ruling from a New York appellate court has effectively cleared the way for farm workers to organize and bargain collectively.The Third Department struck…
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There's a lawsuit now in New York that could expand the rights of farm workers. Under state law, farm workers aren't allowed to bargain collectively, but…
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A report released Thursday chronicles the issues facing undocumented workers at dairy farms across Upstate New York. The study contends that growth of the…
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The battle lines are drawn over a lawsuit that could reshape agriculture in New York state. Civil rights advocates are suing to give farm workers the…