Posts Tagged ‘farm workers’
2019 Legislature: Bill Would Expand Office of Agricultural, Seasonal Workforce Services
A bill aimed at agricultural workers was discussed in the Washington House of Representatives. Sponsors say it would create an office to oversee guest workers in the state. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
Read MoreOn Workers’ Memorial Day Tomorrow, Group Calls For Justice After Farmworker Death
Laborers across the country will remember people who died on the job on Workers’ Memorial Day tomorrow. Here in Washington, farmworkers are memorializing Ernesto Silva Ibarra, who became ill while working on Sarbanand Farms last year and later died. Eric Tegethoff has more.
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