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Yakima Herald on guest workers and fruit harvest
  Sep 13, 2018
  • More guest workers offering relief to growers this harvest season

​Lynden Tribune reports on worker march and false accusations
​  Aug 8, 2018
  • 12-mile walk keeps farmworker issues alive
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​Yakima Herald reports on need for guest worker program changes
​  Aug 6, 2018
  • Growers want more, cheaper guest workers

False claims on workers’ death persist
  May 17, 2018
  • Lynden Tribune Guest Editorial
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AgInfo.net reports on our appeal to Secretary of Labor
  Mar 16, 2018
  • Department of Labor Lawsuit Part II
  Mar 15, 2018
  • Department of Labor Lawsuit Part I

Capital Press shows activists repeating accusations about worker death they know are false
  • Boycott organizers restate unsupported claim against berry grower

Sunnyside Daily Sun News reports on our request to the Secretary of Labor to investigate support for activism in his department
  Mar 12, 2018
  • Farm group appeals to Secretary of Labor to halt abusive action against farms hiring guest workers
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News reports showed that Department of Labor's staff was playing politics - attempting to gain publicity for alleged violations against a Skagit berry farm that took place five years earlier!
  Mar 8, 2018
  • Department of Labor responds publicly 11-months after Sakuma Bros. hearing request
  Mar 7, 2018
  • Sakuma Bros. works to get hearing on fines

Lynden Tribune report includes call for apology for false accusations against Sumas farm.
  Feb 7, 2018
  • Sumas farm cleared in H-2A worker's death

Progressive magazine touts union victory for activists
  Feb 1, 2018
  • The Fruit of our Labor - This article by Edgar Franks, Community to Community's anti-guest worker activist, includes revealing insights into the skewed viewpoint of the activists. Northwest Washington, one of the most politically liberal areas in the nation, is called "a breeding ground of white supremacist ideology."

Surprise! Mother jones repeats the false accusations
  Feb 1, 2018
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  • These Foreign Workers Say They Were Told to Pick Blueberries Unless They Were on Their “Death Bed”

Capital Press: new worker housing in Mattawa
  Jan 5, 2018
  • Seasonal farmworker housing goes up in Central Washington

Capital Press reports guest worker wage hike for 2018 and impact on domestic workers
  Dec 22, 2017
  • H-2A ag worker minimum wages hiked

Yakima Herald documents growing shortage of farmworkers, role of H-2A, need for mechanization
  Nov 18, 2017
  • Long dependent on immagrant workers, Yakima Valley growers laboring with new reality
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Capital Press reports number of Idaho producers seeking H-2A workers could rise significantly
  Nov 17, 2017
  • Idaho producers seeking H-2A workers could rise significantly

Capital Press: 20% increase in H-2A workers nationally; berries no. 1 user
  Nov 14, 2017
  • H-2A use up 20 percent nationally

Spokesman review publishes guest opinion on guest workers and value of free trade by Washington Policy Center
  Nov 12, 2017:
  • Guest opinion: Todd Myers: Free trade a boon to workers, environment

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    • Guest Worker Program Q&A
    • How much to guest workers get paid?
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