Kate Cimini

En resumen Los expertos dicen que la decisión de la Corte Suprema de restringir a los organizadores sindicales en las granjas podría tener una consecuencia no deseada: un aumento en el tráfico laboral de trabajadores agrícolas. Read this article in English.  En junio de 2018, dos inspectores locales del condado de Monterey visitaron una granja de […]

Experts say the Supreme Court decision to restrict union organizers from farms could have an unintended consequence: an increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers.

Lawmakers propose to stop collecting child support debt owed to the government in cases where a parent’s only source of income comes from certain cash assistance programs. But advocates had asked the Legislature to go farther by forgiving old, uncollectible debt and to stop imposing a 10% interest.

Commercial growers celebrated the Supreme Court's decision in Cedar Point Nursery v Hassid, but farmworker unions say this will make it harder for them to access workers and advocate for their rights.

During the height of the pandemic, the state clawed stimulus and unemployment checks from parents who owe child support debt to the government. The Newsom administration put a stop to the practice by the time the second stimulus checks went out, but California still retained a record $430 million in 2020.

Read this article in English.    Si Billy McCasland hubiera recibido su cheque de estímulo de $1,200, habría mudado a su familia fuera de la casa de Modesto que, según el pediatra, es responsable de la intoxicación por plomo de su hijo de 7 años. El padre soltero de Los Ángeles, Gabriel López, dijo que esperaba llevar […]