Farmworker Rights

For decades the New York State AFL-CIO has pursued a legislative strategy to secure the same rights for farmworkers that all other classifications of workers currently enjoy including the right to organize.

On this podcast, inside the fight to stop treating farmworkers as second class citizens.

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Public hearings on the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act have been scheduled at forums in central New York, the Hudson Valley and on Long Island. 

April 25, 2019

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

SUNY Morrisville – 9 Skyline Dr, Morrisville, NY  13408

Those who would like to attend and/or testify at the Morrisville hearings are asked to register at bumpus@nysenate.gov or by calling 315-478-8745

April 26, 2019

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Suffolk County Legislature, William J. Lindsay County Complex, William H. Rogers Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Smithtown, NY 11787. Please address any questions about the Smithtown hearings to 631-360-3356

May 2, 2019

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

SUNY Sullivan – 112 College Rd, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759

Those who would like to attend and/or testify at the Loch Sheldrake hearings are asked to register at metzger@nysenate.gov or by calling 845-344-3311

 

https://www.farmworkersny.org/

 

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