Hands That Feed Us
Wage theft, heat illness, housing conditions, and the visa programs that bind workers to abusive employers. We center the people whose labor feeds the country but rarely benefits from it.
Wage Floor Collapse: DOL Cuts H-2A Minimum to Poverty Levels
New federal wage rules slash the H-2A farmworker minimum by as much as 15%, costing migrant workers $4+ billion annually as growers lock in lower labor costs.
H-2A Workers Dig Deeper Into Poverty as Wages Stall
Migrant farm workers on H-2A visas are seeing wages stay flat while input costs climb, forcing families into debt. New data exposes how the program shields growers from market pressure.
NY Dairy Workers Fight for Overtime Rights Decades Overdue
New York extended labor rights to farmworkers in 2019. Dairy workers still get fewer overtime protections than everyone else, and a new organizing push aims to close the gap.
Trump Cut H-2A Wages. Courts Backed It. Dairy Workers Are Organizing.
The Trump administration cut H-2A agricultural wages by up to $5 an hour. Courts upheld the cuts. New York's dairy workers are now pushing for state-level labor protections.
The Hands That Feed Us Are Working in Deadly Heat — and the Rules Barely Protect Them
H-2A guestworkers pick America's food under brutal heat with weak federal safeguards. As a national heat rule stalls, farmworker advocates say lives are on the line.