FoodWISE, farmer and farm worker protection

Gigi Berardi reads from FoodWISE about the agricultural web—and labor is a big, big part of it. The Tri-City Herald talks about farm worker unions filing suit in Skagit County Superior Court to challenge state safety guidelines for field labor. This is explained more in the second article, with ramifications for labor and management. The state needs to move fast to make worker safety a #1 priority, and then ensure that farmers have the resources and support to make that happen—quickly: farm worker union law suit and what the law suit means.

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