After Historic Union Wins, Farmworkers in New York Face Stiff Resistance to Organizing
Résumé
Date indiquée: 8 Mai 2024
Lieu: États-Unis d'Amérique
Entreprises
Cahoon Farms - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Jamaïque , Agriculture et élevage , Men , Documented migrants ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Mexique , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Liberté syndicale , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , Intimidation et menaces , DismissalRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Journalist
Mesures prises: Cahoon Farms did nor respond to journalists' request for comment.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 8 Mai 2024
Lieu: États-Unis d'Amérique
Entreprises
A&J Kirby Farms - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Mexique , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Jamaïque , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Réponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The Resource Centre was not able to contact Kirby Farms to invite a response to the allegations; if a response is received in future this will be updated accordingly.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 8 Mai 2024
Lieu: États-Unis d'Amérique
Entreprises
Lynn-Ette & Sons - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Mexique , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Jamaïque , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Liberté syndicale , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , Intimidation et menacesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: Charges were filed by the United Farm Workers Union (an unfair labour practice charge).
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 8 Mai 2024
Lieu: États-Unis d'Amérique
Entreprises
Wafler Farms - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Mexique - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Jamaïque , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Liberté syndicale , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , Intimidation et menacesRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Resource Centre
Mesures prises: Wafler Farms did not respond to the Resource Centre.
Type de source: News outlet
...After the Farm Laborers and Fair Labor Practices Act took effect in 2020, five apple and vegetable farms, including Cahoon, voted to unionize…
The new law, however, grants H-2A visa holders and undocumented laborers the right to unionize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing…
But the growers of the previously five unionized companies — Wafler Farms in Wolcott, Porpiglia Farms in Marlboro, Kirby Farms in Albion, Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms in Kent, and Cahoon Farms, where C.A. was recruited — have avoided negotiations with intimidation tactics, according to complaints filed by the UFW. The NYS Vegetable Growers Association and four of the five unionized farms, including Cahoon, also filed a lawsuit to prevent negotiations. Cahoon Farms did nor respond to a request for comment.
According to charges filed by the UFW at the Public Employment Relations Board of New York in 2023, owners of the Porpiglia Farms broke into workers living spaces without permission and physically intimidated a lone female union organizer … At Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms, an owner demanded an organizer to leave and threatened to have her arrested, while at Wafler Farms, an owner directed a profanity-laced rant at his workers caught on video last September…