California Food and Farming Network
Essential but Disposable: State Assembly Labor Committee Hearing Finds State Agencies Fail to Protect Farmworkers and Highlights Community Solutions 

For Immediate Release                                                                             February 9, 2024, 12:00 pm PST                               Sacramento, CA — The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro), hosted a hearing this past Wednesday on the failure of state agencies to enforce labor laws for California’s farmworkers.

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Actualización Legislativa del Grupo de Trabajo de Defensa de los Trabajadores Agrícolas: Éxitos y Decepciones. La Lucha Continua por la Dignidad de los Trabajadores.

Por Alexa Marin Benavente, becario de politicas en CFFN En marzo de este año, el California Farmworker Advocacy Working Group (el Grupo de Trabajo de Defensa de los Trabajadores Agrícolas de California en español) estableció sus Prioridades Legislativas: 9 proyectos de ley estatales que beneficiarían a los 500,000 trabajadores agrícolas que laboran en los campos agrícolas de California.

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How did California legislators do on food and farming?

A week after the inauguration of Governor Gavin Newsom and a few days into the legislative session, the California Food and Farming Network (CFFN) and the California Food Policy Council (CAFPC) have released the 2018 Food & Farm Scorecard — a report revealing the policy votes of California’s 120 elected state legislators on food and farming issues. Pesticide Action Network is a member of CFFN.

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