After Historic Union Wins, Farmworkers in New York Face Stiff Resistance to Organizing
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地點: 美國
企業
Cahoon Farms - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 牙買加 , 農業和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 墨西哥 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
結社自由 , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , 恐嚇和威脅 , Dismissal回應
已邀請回應：是，由Journalist
後續行動: Cahoon Farms did nor respond to journalists' request for comment.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地點: 美國
企業
A&J Kirby Farms - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 墨西哥 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 牙買加 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
結社自由回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地點: 美國
企業
Lynn-Ette & Sons - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 墨西哥 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 牙買加 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
結社自由 , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , 恐嚇和威脅回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: Charges were filed by the United Farm Workers Union (an unfair labour practice charge).
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年5月8日
地點: 美國
企業
Wafler Farms - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 墨西哥 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 牙買加 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
結社自由 , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , 恐嚇和威脅回應
已邀請回應：是，由Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: Wafler Farms did not respond to the Resource Centre.
資訊來源: 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…