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October 11, 2025

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

David Dayen The American Prospect

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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July 22, 2025

Trump’s Labor Department Proposes More Than 60 Rule Changes in a Push to Deregulate Workplaces

Cathy Bussewitz Associated Press

“People are at very great risk of dying on the job already,” Rebecca Reindel, the AFL-CIO union’s occupational safety and health director, said. “This is something that is only going to make the problem worse.”

January 11, 2024

Federal Investigations Into Labor Law Violations by Farm Employers Fall to Record-Low

James Anderson Barn Raiser

In the face of lax enforcement by Biden’s Labor Department, labor organizations have stepped up to protect farmworkers.

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