Jul 6 Agriculture Kids First: Teachers Put Immigration Politics Aside To Focus On Migrant Students “Be brave, have fun,” Jennie Boggess instructs as she leads a room full of young students at Camp Curiosity, hosted by the Daviess County, Kentucky, Public Schools. Boggess is the development director for the Owensboro Dance Theatre and today she is preparing students for a finale performance to cap the four-week summer camp. “The idea […] By Nicole Erwin Jul 6 Agriculture Kids First: Teachers Put Immigration Politics Aside To Focus On Migrant Students Nicole Erwin
Nov 17 Agriculture Gutting Guest Worker Rights: Migrant Labor Bill Cuts Protections Roberto Gonzales and six other workers came from Nayarit, Mexico, to work on a Garrard County, Kentucky, tobacco farm using a guest worker program called the H-2A visa. The Department of Labor program guarantees a wage in Kentucky of $10.92 an hour. But Gonzales said the workers were only getting between $3 and $8 per […] By Nicole Erwin Nov 17 Agriculture Gutting Guest Worker Rights: Migrant Labor Bill Cuts Protections Nicole Erwin
Nov 7 Agriculture Striking Migrant Farm Workers Win Settlement After about three weeks on strike, a group of migrant workers employed at a tobacco farm in Gerrard County, Kentucky have reached a settlement with the farm’s owner. The workers came from Mexico under the H2A visa program, which allows foreign nationals to enter the U.S. for temporary or seasonal farm work. The Department of […] By Benny Becker Nov 7 Agriculture Striking Migrant Farm Workers Win Settlement Benny Becker
Oct 18 Agriculture On Strike: Migrant Workers On Visa Program Claim Unfair Pay Workers on a tobacco farm in Garrard County, Kentucky, are entering the third week of a strike over claims that they have not received the pay guaranteed by a federal work visa program. The strike is part of a movement across the South and Midwest to organize migrant laborers who enter the country legally to […] By Benny Becker Oct 18 Agriculture On Strike: Migrant Workers On Visa Program Claim Unfair Pay Benny Becker