farm labor

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on Tuesday to support quarantine housing and financial relief for farmworkers who test…

A piece of the California Dream has always belonged to immigrants who saw field work as a stepping stone to improve their lives. That story is shifting,…

You visit the grocery store or local farmer's market. Picture your favorite vegetable. to get it into your hands, it's possible a farm worker had to first…

Wildfire smokeis affecting the health of California's farm workers, according to a researcher from UC Davis. Capital Public Radio's Nadine Sebai has more.

As California's wine grape harvest gets under way, most of it will be done by machine. But as growers face ongoing labor shortages, mechanization isn't a…

California farm workers will be able to earn overtime pay under the same rules as non-farm workers under a bill signed yesterday (Monday) y Governor Jerry…

California farm workers could soon be eligible for overtime the way most laborers are: if they work more than 8 hours in a day or more than 40 hours in a…

Widely-watched, heavily-lobbied legislation that would allow California farm workers to receive overtime pay more quickly did not come up for a vote…

Triple-digit temperatures this summer are raising the risk of heat-related illness for farm workers in California's Central Valley. Farmworkers and…

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. is honoring California labor activist Dolores Huerta -- who helped Cesar Chavez organize the beginning of…