Migrant Workers

Members of Migrant Justice held a press conference in West Pawlet last month to denounce the alleged assaults of a farmworker and his nephew. The farm owner has since been issued a citation for two counts of misdemeanor simple assault.

Migrant Justice, a farmworker advocacy group, partnered with Vermont Law and Graduate School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems in 2018 to develop a manual of farmworker's rights. Now, they've updated the guide.

"Hide" takes viewers inside the daily lives of migrant farmers who sustain Vermont's dairy farms as they organize in an effort to overcome isolation and discrimination.

Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with Vermont's labor commissioner and advocates about child labor practices on dairies in the state.

A legalization path for farmworkers failed to pass this month and faces an even steeper climb in a Republican-controlled House in the next Congress.

“Latinx” is an increasingly popular gender-inclusive term in the United States, but Latinos in New Hampshire are divided on whether they should change the way they communicate.

At issue is a 1975 California law that allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union.

Updated 10/6/20 11:50 a.m.In Shoreham, 27 farmworkers at Champlain Orchards have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Vermont Department of…

Immigrant workers on Vermont’s dairy farms can’t access coronavirus aid funds. Plus: beer, masks, and the latest COVID-19 case numbers.Want the web…

Immigrant workers on Vermont’s dairy farms say they want access to the same coronavirus aid programs that have helped other residents weather the…