The New York State Department of Labor is reminding New Yorkers that the phased-in, gradual reduction in the overtime pay threshold for farmworkers will begin on January 1, 2024, with the threshold set at 56 hours per week. The process will continue with the overtime threshold limit reducing by four Read more…
Farmworkers in Riverhead share their testimony of the $600 covid relief payment for farmworkers who worked during the pandemic
Last Friday, families, TAU, Cornell MECHA, Midstate COSH, NYIC, and IUPAT DC 4 came together to honor the lives of fallen farmworkers and IUPAT workers in upstate New York.
Trabajadores Agrícolas Unidos held a statewide meeting in multiple New York locations. Agricultural workers from the state attended in the East of long island to discuss their experiences and stories, bringing everyone together for the betterment of their working conditions and lives.
Dairy workers at the three Jerry Dell Farms have organized with TAU (Trabajadores Agrícolas Unidos)! They are the first dairy workers to unionize in the state of New York!
Farm workers on Long Island struggled for three years to form New York’s first farm workers union with RWDSU/UFCW Local 338 at Pindar Vineyards. But more than a year has gone by, and Pindar Vineyard’s owners have refused to negotiate on the first labor contract that would guarantee farm workers Read more…
New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Commissioner Roberta Reardon today issued an order accepting the recommendation of the Farm Laborers Wage Board to lower the current 60-hour threshold for overtime pay to 40 hours per week by January 1, 2032, allowing 10 years to phase in the new threshold. The Board included Read more…
Right now, New York farmers like me are scrambling to make the most of the end of the summer season. While cycles vary depending on what crops you grow or livestock you raise, for most folks in agriculture, this time of year is all hands on deck. That’s certainly true Read more…