Category Archives: Farm Worker Rights

One Farmer’s New Year Resolutions for Our Troubled Times

Posted on February 3, 2026 by admin

By: John E. Peck, executive director of Family Farm Defenders An abridged version of this article was recently published in the Capitol Hill Citizen The Grinch really stole Xmas last year for many family farmers – and sadly his spirit … Continue reading →

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Immigration Reform is Possible— the Farm Bill Shows How

Posted on May 22, 2023 by admin

Why not give lawmakers a space to hash out their differences, not as a one-shot game, but something they can come back to every now and again? By: Anthony Pahnke, FFD Vice President Originally Published by Common Dreams 5/19/2023 It … Continue reading →

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The Climate Crisis and the Future of the Beef Industry – Rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd is imperative for labor standards, climate stability and a just transition for meat worker

Posted on July 30, 2022 by admin

Guest Editorial by Dennis Olson, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) (published online May 16, 2022) At its peak, Cargill’s beef plant in Plainview, Texas employed 2000 workers with good paying union jobs and generous benefits, collectively bargained with the … Continue reading →

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We depend on immigrants to feed us — and then blame them

Posted on September 18, 2017 by admin

By:  Jim Goodman, dairy farmer, Wonewoc, WI & Family Farm Defenders board member Published in the Capital Times, May 8, 2017 Jorge, who recently arrived from Mexico and asked that his last name not be used, works in the milking … Continue reading →

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