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In the News
08/06/2008
In The News
12/16/2008 Los Angeles Times: Bush rewrites the rules - Last-minute changes being pushed through by the administration, such as altering H-2A visa rules, are creating disasters that Barack Obama will have to reverse beginning Jan. 20.
12/15/2008 Miami Herald: Rule changes target vulnerable workers
12/15/2008 New York Times: A Cheap Shot at Workers
12/11/2008 Sacramento Bee: Bush administration makes last-minute changes in farmworker hiring
12/10/2008 Rolling Stones: Bush's Final F.U. - The administration is rushing to enact a host of last-minute regulations that will screw America for years to come
12/10/2008 Associated Press: Administration changes to farm worker hiring afoot
12/10/2008 McClatchy News Service: Bush considering easing rules on foreign farm workers
10/16/2008 New York Times: Settlement Will Allow Thousands of Mexican Laborers in U.S. to Collect Back Pay
09/19/2008: UFW opposes Bush Admin Changes to H2B Seasonal Non-Ag Visa Program.
08/27/2008 The WSLC, United Farm Workers Blast Effort to Pass State Guestworker Program
08/23/2008 Sacramento Bee: Legal guest workers sue contractor
08/21/2008 Complaint Filed on Behalf of H2A Workers in Sacramento, Co.
07/14/2008 USA Today: Farmers get help with workers' visas
07/04/2008 ANH: Thai Workers To Enter U.S. Through New Immigration Program For Farmhands
06/05/2008 Ag Talk: United Farm Workers Union sets up guest worker program
05/14/2008 Yakima Herald: Guest worker program gains popularity but could lead to discord
05/13/2008 Wenatchee World: Farmworkers union complains about Mathison orchard
05/05/2008 Denver Post, Politics West: Migrant farmworker bill on its way to Ritter
04/29/2008 Sacramento Bee: U.S. push to get more farmworkers in visa plan draws criticism
04/29/2008 Associated Press: Union and states try recruiting farm workers from Mexico
04/24/2008: California Catholic Daily: Not just a few “bad apple” employers
03/27/2008 Top Vegetable Grower Retaliates Against Worker for Speaking Up
02/06/2008 Bush Administration H2A Proposal is Nothing More Than Gutting of Existing Worker Protections
12/20/2007: CNN: Lou Dobbs' segment on FOIA lawsuit against DOL
