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With an online survey, The Packer is gathering input on labor conditions produce grower-shippers are experiencing.

Has the time finally arrived for immigration reform?

Washington state agricultural workers will start receiving overtime pay in 2022 and will have a 40-hour workweek by 2024.

Nearly 300 agricultural organizations called on U.S. Senate leaders to “develop and pass” legislation addressing agricultural labor reform.

The Equitable Food Initiative is celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week by offering growers and other stakeholders a free communications toolkit.

Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers has teamed with CDFA Secretary Karen Ross to launch a statewide initiative to cultivate a farm workforce that can handling advancing technology.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision in a California case involving labor unions and property rights could affect the entire nation’s agriculture employers and employees.

The National Council of Agricultural Employers announced today that the Council’s ongoing collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control has resulted in another opportunity to protect farmworkers from COVID-19.

Heat and extreme drought are causing orchards and farm workers to change their schedule in order to beat the heat. NOAA says last month was officially the hottest June on record, as heat continues to blast the West.

Though the produce life is never without its problems, operators have had more to worry about after the COVID-19 pandemic.