Harnessing Farmworkers’ Victories in the 2023 Farm Bill

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2022

This blog discusses how the 2023 Farm Bill can harness farmworker power to secure federal legislation dedicated to redressing the harms caused by existing policies. As farmworkers have won the right to organize and seen expansion of labor rights, secured workplace safety protections, and obtained overtime pay in several states, it is noted that these successes can be drawn upon by Congress going forward.