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Tag Archives: U.S. Department of Labor
Workers Memorial Week Reflection
“Every day in America, 13 people go to work and never come home. Every year in America, nearly 4 million people suffer a workplace injury from which some may never recover. These are preventable tragedies that disable our workers, devastate … Continue reading
Remembering and Celebrating César Chávez
Today marks the 86th anniversary of the birth of César Chávez and of the final day of this year’s National Farmworker Awareness Week. It is fitting we celebrate farmworkers this week for all the difficult and dangerous work they do … Continue reading
Farmworker Immigration Reform: Preventing a “Bridge to Nowhere”
By David Strauss, East Coast Migrant Head Start Board Member and former Executive Director of AFOP Several years ago, the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee famously steered tens of millions of federal dollars to build a bridge in Alaska … Continue reading
Training for Excellence in Workforce Development
AFOP held its annual Training Day on Friday, February 15th. It was well attended by nearly 40 National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees, as well as several U.S. Department of Labor representatives. The event started off with a warm welcome … Continue reading
Further Action Needed to Protect Farmworkers
This week we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), which was signed into law on January 14, 1983. The landmark legislation serves as the backbone of protections afforded to our nation’s farmworkers. … Continue reading
Posted in AFOP, Children in the Fields Campaign, Health & Safety Programs
Tagged agriculture injuries, California Institute for Rural Studies, Child Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farmworker Justice, H-2A guestworker program, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, pesticides, poverty, Secretary Solis, sexual harassment, Southern Poverty Law Center, U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, wage theft, Workforce Investment Act
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2012: A Year of Victories and Challenges
I joined the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs this past September, taking over for retiring executive director David Strauss, who had served as the organization’s leader for the last 11 years. I was faced with the challenge of learning about … Continue reading
Posted in AFOP, Children in the Fields Campaign, Health & Safety Programs
Tagged agriculture injuries, American Farms, Child Labor, Children in the Fields Campaign, Chipotle, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, H.R. 4297, Hazardous Orders, Heat Stress, immigration, national farmworker jobs program, pesticides, Sequestration, U.S. Department of Labor, wage theft, Workforce Development, Workforce Investment Act
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U.S. Child Labor: Becoming the Change We Want to See
Numerous media stories have been circulating covering the three newly released reports on International Child Labor and Forced Labor by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). The reports include prescriptions that could have an enormous impact in putting an end … Continue reading
Brag A Little–Sharing Best Practices and Success
AFOP’s 41st National Conference took place in Boston, Massachusetts on September 19-21. It was attended by nearly 400 National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) staff and directors, monitor advocates, AFOP member agencies’ board members, and our SAFE AmeriCorps members. Also in attendance … Continue reading
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Tagged Job Training, living wage, NFJP, poverty, U.S. Department of Labor, Workforce Investment Act
SAFE AmeriCorps Impact Farmworker Communities
After only four months of service AFOP’s 18 SAFE AmeriCorps members have already made a major impact on farmworker communities. So far, SAFE AmeriCorps members have reached almost 18,000 agricultural employees through a variety of services. Farmworkers have participated in … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged AmeriCorps, Cesar Chavez, Heat Stress, pesticides, Proyecto Sol, U.S. Department of Labor
Exceeding Expectations and Saving Lives
As we come into the homestretch of the Heat Stress Prevention Training Marathon, we applaud those who participated and cheer them to the finish line. We won’t know the final results until Monday morning, as we have some folks on … Continue reading
