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Arturo Rodriguez on the fight to improve the lives of America’s farm workers

The president of the United Farm Workers of America has won union contracts with large growers, but conditions for laborers must improve or we won’t have any more agricultural workers, he warns Since Cesar Chavez’s passing in 1993, Arturo Rodriguez has be ...

3 Aug 2018 - Emily Green
After unprecedented input, Oregon OSHA adopts new farmworker protection standards

While farmworker advocates say new rules don't go far enough, growers say they're too restrictive After nearly two years of factious debate between Oregon’s agriculture sector and farmworker advocates, the state’s Occupational Safety and Health ...

2 Jul 2018 - Emily Green
Letting farmworkers ‘shelter in place’ during pesticide use raises concerns

Advocates for migrant farmworkers say a new worker protection rule under OSHA’s consideration may cause more harm than good The condition of housing that farmers provide or rent to migrant workers has long been a source of concern in Oregon, which is home ...

10 Dec 2016 - Emily Green
Timber’s fallen: Enforcement of forest labor laws spotty, lacks bite

PART II | Companies face few inspections, mild consequences despite actions that lead to serious injury or death This is Part II of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of Oregon's immigrant forestry workers. It was raining o ...

11 Feb 2016 - Emily Green
Timber’s fallen: The plight of immigrant forestry workers

PART I | State hearings reveal the vulnerability of workers who live in fear of retaliation if they speak out This is Part I of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of immigrant forestry workers. Any Oregonian who watches network ...

5 Feb 2016 - Emily Green
My mother – la mera mera – our family’s head honcha

COMMENTARY | It’s my mother’s will, love and vision that’s led us this far “How did your parents put five kids through college considering they have a second-grade education and have earned an average of $18,000 a year over their working lives?” That’s th ...

12 Nov 2015 - Jaime Arrendondo
Woodburn is my home: A young immigrant's story of empowerment

COMMENTARY | Diverse community has fueled Giselle Lopez Ixta's desire to create social justice I immigrated to Woodburn when I was 5 years old, from Michoacán, Mexico. Throughout the years, my family has emigrated from country to country: from Mexico ...

5 Nov 2015 - Giselle Lopez Ixta
The people’s advocate: Jim Anderson

A simple wooden cross hangs around the neck of Jim Anderson, a tall and lanky Pete Seeger lookalike who is now 88. “I hope the Mexicans will win the Mexican American war on poverty,” he announces as we begin. It takes me a few minutes to catch on: his sen ...

18 Apr 2015 - Myrla Magness
A pictorial on immigrant farmworkers housing in rural Oregon: Part II

Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...

20 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
A pictorial on immigrant farmworkers housing in rural Oregon

Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...

5 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff