Changes to EPA Pesticide Rules

In December, the Environmental Protection Agency announced some potential changes in 2018 to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), a set of policies aimed at preventing harmful chemical exposure for farmworkers and pesticide handlers. The WPS, which was updated in...

“Me Too,” Say Female Farmworkers

This past November, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas—an organization of former and current female farmworkers in the United States—published a letter directed to the women of Hollywood in support of the “Me Too” movement.  The movement, which took off in October on...