After Historic Union Wins, Farmworkers in New York Face Stiff Resistance to Organizing
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地点: 美国
企业
Cahoon Farms - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 牙买加 , 农业和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 墨西哥 , 农业和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )议题
结社自由 , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , 恐吓和威胁 , Dismissal回应
已邀请回应：是，由Journalist
后续行动: Cahoon Farms did nor respond to journalists' request for comment.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地点: 美国
企业
A&J Kirby Farms - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 墨西哥 , 农业和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 牙买加 , 农业和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )议题
结社自由回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地点: 美国
企业
Lynn-Ette & Sons - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 墨西哥 , 农业和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 牙买加 , 农业和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )议题
结社自由 , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , 恐吓和威胁回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: Charges were filed by the United Farm Workers Union (an unfair labour practice charge).
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地点: 美国
企业
Wafler Farms - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 墨西哥 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 牙买加 , 农业和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )议题
结社自由 , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , 恐吓和威胁回应
已邀请回应：是，由Resource Centre
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
后续行动: Wafler Farms did not respond to the Resource Centre.
信息来源: 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…