After Historic Union Wins, Farmworkers in New York Face Stiff Resistance to Organizing
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Date Reported: 8 Май 2024
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Cahoon Farms - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Ямайка , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Men , Documented migrants ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Мексика , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Ограничение свободы объединений (см. труд: В общем) , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , Запугивание и угрозы , DismissalОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
Принятые меры: Cahoon Farms did nor respond to journalists' request for comment.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 8 Май 2024
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
A&J Kirby Farms - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Мексика , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Ямайка , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Ответ
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 8 Май 2024
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Lynn-Ette & Sons - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Мексика , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Ямайка , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Ограничение свободы объединений (см. труд: В общем) , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , Запугивание и угрозыОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: Charges were filed by the United Farm Workers Union (an unfair labour practice charge).
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 8 Май 2024
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Wafler Farms - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Мексика - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Ямайка , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Ограничение свободы объединений (см. труд: В общем) , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , Запугивание и угрозыОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
Принятые меры: Wafler Farms did not respond to the Resource Centre.
Вид источника: 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…