From HuffingtonPost.com, Dave Jamieson, 10 Oct 2011. Jason Cherkis contributed reporting to this story. WASHINGTON — More than two decades ago, there was a bitter fight within Texas’ agricultural community, one that pitted low-wage farm workers and their advocates against large growers and chemical companies. The dispute was over how much field workers should know … Continue reading
From ThePacker.com, “Stop the immigration squabbling now” by Tom Karst, 23 Sept 2011. If Americans only had the power to lock lawmakers in a room, giving them only refried beans and fried pork rinds as sustenance. We would then issue an ultimatum: solve the immigration problem in a bipartisan fashion or don’t think about leaving … Continue reading
From TheMonitor.com, “Slim Pickings: Texas lawmakers hope bills yield patch for farm-labor gap” by Jared Janes, 20 Mar 2011. MISSION [TX] — Most of the farm workers who harvest and process citrus for South Tex Organics are familiar faces who return each growing season to provide a reliable labor force. At the peak of the … Continue reading
