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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · 1h

H-2A employers legally must post their jobs in the US before offering them abroad. Foreign workers here legally to work are being detained, now there's nobody to work the fields. If US doesn't want the job & won't let H-2A do it, it won't get done. "The fear is here"
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

Florida farmers struggle as legal foreign workers worry about immigration crackdown

Even agriculture workers who enter the U.S. legally, doing jobs Americans find undesirable, are fearful of being targeted by federal enforcement.

www.tampabay.com

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · 20h

10/2: Trump proposes to cut wages for all farm workers by up to $7/hour AND charge them rent for gov't provided housing. @ufw.bsky.social says it's “a catastrophe for American workers... When guest worker wages are lowered, it is American jobs that are lost" to cheaper foreign workers, hurts us all.

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · 7d

As farmworkers work tirelessly to feed our nation, Congress plans to cut funds for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act & give even more funds to ICE. Plus, if Congress doesn't approve all 12 spending bills for 2026 by 12am, there will be a gov shutdown. Sign ->
action.momsrising.org/sign/ice-fun...

SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to fund communities not family separation and cruelty!

Congress must fund healthcare, education, and disaster relief programs and clawback unrestrained funding that opens the doors to even more human rights abuses through ICE.

action.momsrising.org

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Gary Ruskin @garyruskin.bsky.social · 22d

Not substantially equivalent: New scientific research challenges claims that GMOs are safe.
Via @stacymalkan.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/gmo/new-scie...

Not substantially equivalent: New scientific research challenges claims that GMOs are safe (Professor Antoniou interview part 2)

A leading molecular geneticist warns that regulators are ignoring the risks of “stacked-trait” GMOs, and herbicides used on GMOs, such as glyphosate, 2,4-D, and dicamba.

usrtk.org

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · 13d

In 2021, consumers were more likely to be struck by lightning than win in FA. Why do corporations get to choose where to settle disputes but consumers and workers don’t? The #FAIRAct will #EndForcedArbitration and restore our freedom to choose where we are heard.
www.justice.org/resources/re....

Forced Arbitration and Big Banks: When Consumers Pay to Be Ripped Off

www.justice.org

Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · 20d

"The environmental cost of production is being transferred to the Global South"
Pesticide spraying is stunting crops, ruining livelihoods, and getting whole communities sick in Paraguay. Laws are not being enforced and children die from exposure. Read to learn more:
lab.org.uk/britain-expo...

Britain exports banned pesticide to Paraguay | Latin America Bureau

Paraquat, manufactured by British company Syngenta, is banned in the UK and the EU. But it is widely used on Paraguay's booming soya farms, with often terrible effects on the crops and health of local...

lab.org.uk

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Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · Aug 4

Purging scientists, waiving pollution laws, slashing health, food and energy benefits, raiding communities, detaining lawful U.S. residents.

U.S. environmental health is under attack.

Full statement: comingcleaninc.org/latest-news/...

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · 28d

Paraquat: the deadliest pesticide in U.S. ag. Able to kill a human "with just a sip", Nat Health Inst found ppl who used it were >2x as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease as those who applied other pesticides. It's Nat'l Parkinson's Day of Action, fight for health! 💪
civileats.com/2023/03/22/p...

Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial

Amid lawsuits filed by thousands of farmers linking the herbicide to Parkinson’s disease, the EPA is reconsidering its analysis of paraquat’s risks.

civileats.com

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Activists and parents in Pajaro Valley start a 30-day hunger strike to pressure Driscoll's and CA Giant Berry Farms to stop spraying pesticides near schools bc the drift has been causing vomiting and cancer in students. Page in EN/SP
"We need to stop killing kids"
santacruzlocal.org/2025/09/02/w...

Watsonville activists begin 30-day hunger strike to protest pesticides - Santa Cruz Local

Two Watsonville activists began a 30-day hunger strike against the use of pesticides near schools in the Pajaro Valley.

santacruzlocal.org

Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 27

🥵 Know what to do in a heat wave without power? Time spent at home is ESSENTIAL for recovery. Protect urself from the heat!
🥵 ¿Sabes lo que hacer en una ola de calor sin la electricidad?
El tiempo que pasas en el hogar es ESENCIAL para recuperar el cuerpo y refrescarse. ¡Protégese contra el calor! 🔥

Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 27

20 years after Katrina, FEMA reflects on the mistakes made in the response to the hurricane that resulted in the deaths of 1,800 people. They warn in a public letter of dissent against the recent changes that the gov't has not learned from its mistakes, shown by TX flood.
apnews.com/article/fema...

Some FEMA staff call out Trump cuts in public letter of dissent

More than 180 current and former FEMA employees have published a letter warning of potential disaster due to cuts in the agency.

apnews.com

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reminder: no one is illegal and all labor is essential!
Join us in the fight for safety, dignity and protection for the 28 million working people essential to our survival! #ProtectFoodandFarmWorkers

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 27

FWAF supports the impactful work of World Orlando. They have brought int'l delegations to our Apopka office to teach about the realities of farm labor/industry & farmworker labor trafficking. These talks are priceless, unique, and make a difference worldwide.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/26/c...

Commentary: Investing in exchange programs is investing in Orlando’s future

Last year over 500 international business and civic leaders visited the Orlando area through the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, strengthening our security, trade…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Coalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · Aug 27

Late last week, we shared the news that Immokalee-area farmworker Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara had been hospitalized after collapsing from heat stroke in Florida’s fields.

Today, with heavy hearts, we share the news that Mr. Guevara passed away over the weekend.

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/08...

Marco Guevara, farmworker and beloved husband, father of three, has passed away after hospitalization with heatstroke

La Jornada: “Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara should not have died. The farmworker, like so many others, came to the United States to work in the fields of Florida and support his wife and three daught...

ciw-online.org

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 22

¿Quieres aprender sobre ICE en las escuelas? ¡Progétense, estudiantes y padres, y sepan sus derechos! Siempre tienes el derecho a permanecer en silencio 📚
Want to learn about ICE in schools? Protect yourselves, students & parents, & know your rights! (Check out the ENG versions on our Insta/FB) 📚

Foto de estudiantes afuera que dice "Lo que debes saber sobre ICE en las escuelas"

Un cuaderno de composición con pegatinas y el texto: "Cada niño tiene el derecho de una educación, ciudadano o no. Escuelas en Florida NO COLECTAN información sobre el estatus migratorio de los estudiantes. ICE SOLO puede entrar a las escuelas con una orden judicial"

Un fondo rosado con una pizarra que dice: "Si ICE te entrevista:
tienes el derecho a permanecer en silencio y el derecho a un abogado". Al lado de tres escritorios hay texto que lee: "Si eres un padre preocupado sobre la deportación, llena un form de establecer un tutor temporal para su niño (un ciudadano que puede recogerlo en una emergencia)"

Un fondo de azúl oscuro con tres niños jovenes con texto que lee: "Padres: Enseña a sus niños su derecho a permanecer en silencio. ICE puede entrevistar CUALQUIER niño
con una orden judicial, incluso los de 5 años."

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Food Chain Workers Alliance @foodchainworkers.bsky.social · Aug 22

📦🔥 Warehouse workers shouldn't have to choose between their health and their job security. That's why the Warehouse Worker Resource Center was instrumental in California's fight for indoor #HeatProtections, which took effect in July 2024. Now we need to extend those same protections to all workers!

A photo of a warehouse worker in an orange vest, safety glasses, and gloves. He grimaces and wipes his forehead. In the corner, an image of a caution sign reads "FOOD WORKERS ARE HOT" and "HEAT PROTECTIONS NOW." To the left of the image on a field of yellow, text reads "WAREHOUSE WORKERS" followed by a quote: "The scorching summer days we are experiencing increased health risks to workers. All too frequently, workers must decide between their job security and their safety. But employers have a duty to ensure the safety of workers and to take all necessary steps to prevent illness including access to water, rest periods and an appropriate pace of work." - Sheheryar, Executive Director, Warehouse Worker Resource Center, Ontario, CA.

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 22

What an incredible step forward!

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Americans for Immigrant Justice @aijustice.bsky.social · Aug 22

A federal judge has halted further expansion and ordered the winding down of the Everglades Detention Center (“Alligator Alcatraz”). If you or a loved one are detained, you can reach out to our detention hotline at (786) 454-8554.

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks for the shoutout!

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Food Chain Workers Alliance @foodchainworkers.bsky.social · Aug 18

Employers and legislators must collaborate with workers and groups like @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social
to create protections like:

🥤 Ample water
☂️ Sufficient shade
🚾 Bathroom access & breaks
🌡️ Clear trigger temperatures
👩🏾‍🏫 Heat stress trainings for workers
💵 Pay for work lost due to extreme heat

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 21

More deportations = less food on your table
"Just in the last four months, agricultural employment has fallen by 155,000 workers, the biggest dip in over a decade." One big piece of anti-immigrant rhetoric is that they steal American jobs-- where are the Americans now?
www.npr.org/2025/08/20/n...

Some Florida farmers reduce crops as deportation fears drive workers away

U.S. farmers are feeling the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown. In some communities, immigration raids have slowed farm operations. NPR reports from Central Florida's strawberry region.

www.npr.org

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Food Chain Workers Alliance @foodchainworkers.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔥👨🏾‍🌾 The problem with #ExtremeHeat isn't just the temperature: workers get paid less if they take breaks; they aren't provided with sufficient drinkable water; their protective gear makes them hotter. That's why @j4mw.bsky.social is demanding action from the Ontario Ministry of Labour.

In the background: people hold signs that read "FULL JUSTICE NO HALF MEASURES" and "MIGRANT WORKERS ARE NOT DISPOSABLE." Laid over top of the photo, a caution sign in the corner of the graphic reads "FOOD WORKERS ARE HOT" and "HEAT PROTECTIONS NOW!" On the left side of the page is a quote from a farmworker with Justicia for Migrant Workers in Onatrio, Canada:

“Based on my experience with ginseng and to face extreme weather conditions in Canada that weren't safe nor healthy at times. Working in sun, rain, thunderstorm and snow throughout the season...

“My message to the Minister of Labour is that farmers don't care about temporary workers. All they are concerned about is getting their work done efficiently. Without breaks or even lunch, and long workdays."

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 11

theconversation.com/understandin...
"A July 2025 CBS/YouGov poll asked Americans, “Do you approve or disapprove of the Trump administration’s program to find and deport immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally?" The respondents were divided, with 49% of Americans approving and 51% disapproving."

Understanding key terms swirling around Alligator Alcatraz and immigration enforcement in the US

The language around immigration in the US is almost as complicated as the system itself.

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Food Chain Workers Alliance @foodchainworkers.bsky.social · Jul 14

Please stand up to ICE in your communities if you are able, and support FCWA member groups who are leading the charge: @foodjusticec2c.bsky.social, @migrantjustice.bsky.social, @wjcny.bsky.social, @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social, Workers' Center of CNY, Warehouse Worker Resource Center, and more!

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Farmworker Association of Florida @floridafarmworkers.bsky.social · Aug 7

www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
"A Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest just outside Atlanta last month and is being held in a federal immigration jail felt a duty to help those whose voices often go unheard, his children said Tuesday."

Journalist detained by ICE after covering immigration protest should be released, his children say

Civil rights and press freedom groups have denounced the immigration detention of Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language journalist in the U.S. for over two decades.

www.nbcnews.com