Trump Administration Lowers Wages for Guest Farmworkers

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#NewPaper in Science Advances finds that domestic fishing vessels account for the majority of port visits around the world. Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing.

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Most avocados sold in the U.S. come from Mexico, where farming methods have serious environmental and human-rights impacts. But importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown.

A courageous and harrowing account of what it’s like in ICE women’s prison as written by Tufts’ doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

🚨Our new paper examines how #ClimateChange threatens the achievement of #DecentWork in fishing, underscoring the urgent need for worker-driven, climate-sensitive labor policies. .https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X25002623#fig0005 @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social

The dismantling of the once expansive agency will not only affect fisheries but also the oceans and weather forecasting. Across the U.S., fishers are already feeling the impact. buff.ly/g7G7JyI

With the Employment Rights Bill going through Parliament right now, we have a singular opportunity to turn the tide on the rampant labour exploitation that migrant workers face in this country.

Our latest video highlights the problems caused by restrictive visa systems, and the essential solutions.

Farmers who received USDA labor grants say they can’t get funding or answers. And, USAID cuts threaten guest worker recruitment more broadly.

Civil Eats Scoop: Farmers who received USDA labor grants say they can’t get funding or answers. And, USAID cuts threaten guest worker recruitment more broadly.

Many migrant fishers like Vishal are falling prey to unscrupulous companies in the UK who are keen to exploit them. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Lucas Benitez, @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social co-founder, on Worker-driven Social Responsibility: “How beautiful it is that we can say: here’s the formula for this medicine and you can adapt it to your reality…”

And FIPs are not tied to an actionable labour governance regime. The same fisher working in sub-standard conditions can put haddock into the MSC approved bucket and nephrops into the FIP under improvement bucket, but the working conditions remain the same. @bethjackson1x.bsky.social

1. Non-binding guidelines do not improve compliance (which is the bare minimum) and do not create a sense of moral obligation to improve. 2. Self-assessments failed to detect ACTUAL cases of #ForcedLabour being investigated by authorities.

🚨New paper! We use data from the UK Nephrops #FIP to demonstrate how FIPs are fundamentally missing the mark on #WorkingConditions and #LaborRights, harming fishers in the process. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Teaching @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social students about the transformative change in agricultural working conditions driven by the #Worker-drivenSocialResponsibility model of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social with a visit to the @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social now.tufts.edu/2025/02/28/v...