Born into poverty in Arizona, his family was drawn to California’s fields. There, he became a civil rights icon for Mexican Americans.

The H-2A program, which provides temporary visas for foreign nationals seeking seasonal agricultural jobs on U.S. farms, ...

ALBANY — The fate of how many hours a farm laborer can work before qualifying for overtime took a step forward this week during the first of three public hearings on the issue. The three-member Farm ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York State Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to Governor Hochul and the New York State Labor Commissioner urging them to reject a recommendation made by the Farm ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A farm laborer was found guilty Friday in ...

Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunst Bay, recently proposed a hostile amendment on the state Senate floor to eliminate the wage board and keep the farm labor overtime threshold at the 60-hour level. “The ...

ALBANY — The Farm Laborer Wage Board agreed Friday to set a path to a 40-hour work week for farm workers in New York, a landmark decision that was swiftly criticized by the agricultural industry and ...

ALBANY. N.Y. (NEWS10) – On Friday, the New York State Farm Laborer Wage Board took a giant leap in recommending a reduction in the number of hours farm workers need to work before clocking overtime.

The Farm Laborer Wage Board on Friday voted 2-1 to recommend that state Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon decrease the state’s farm worker weekly overtime threshold to 40 hours per week from 60 hours ...