California replaced César Chávez Day with Farmworkers Day, shifting focus to the broader workforce. Lawmakers moved from celebrating Chávez in 2025 to emphasizing collective action amid new ...

A major change to a federal farmworker visa program known as H-2A is sparking a heated debate across California. The program ...

A farmworker spends the morning bent over between rows to pick strawberries in a field in Coachella. Farmworkers are facing increasing threats of deportation as the Trump administration fulfills a ...

The United Farm Workers, along with more than a dozen additional farmworkers, are suing the Trump administration in California over a new Labor Department rule they argue will "undercut and adversely ...

Air and wastewater may help spread bird flu on California dairy farms, according to a study that points to more transmission ...

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 2:06 p.m. Odalis Rojas grew up in an agricultural community in Ventura County, where she saw her farm worker father, uncles and cousins face various health care ...

California has experienced an unseasonable stretch of warm March weather, breaking temperature records across the state. The heat can also take a toll on those who work outside, including some of the ...

State records show UFW certified workers at eight California farms via 2023 law. Three employers have ratified contracts; others remain in bargaining or mediation. Law limits certifications to 75 ...

Asunción Valdivia. Maria Isabel Vasquez. Rosa Elvia Durazo. Salud Zamudio Rodriguez. Ramon Hernandez. Agustine Gudino. Constantino Cruz. Elidio Hernandez. These are just a few of California's ...

In many years on dairy farms, the worker often labored for 10 hours with no breaks. Sometimes, he said, a boss asked him to clean milk tanks using harsh chemicals without protective gear. He was ...