US: After dairy, now poultry workers down with bird flu
Four workers confirmed infected in Colorado; presumptive fifth case also reported.
If many dairy farm workers contract H5N1, we risk a pandemic
Failure to shield these workers could allow the H5N1 virus to become a greater threat.
Price rise of milk and other dairy staples flows to farmers and producers, but not to striking workers
While the reasons might not be obvious to shoppers, supermarket aisles tell the story of why dairy industry workers who drive milk tankers or wrap cheese on factory floors have mounted coordinated strike action this week.
Control Yuan members seek reforms of migrant farm worker program
Members of the Control Yuan have called on the government to reform its system for recruiting migrant agricultural workers, both to ease labor shortages and reduce the farming sector’s dependence on undocumented foreign workers.
Dairy workers rally for more rights after Mills vetoes farmworker unionization bill
Just weeks after Gov. Janet Mills issued a highly controversial veto against a bill that would have allowed farmworkers in Maine to unionize, dairy workers rallied outside Hannaford headquarters in Scarborough to demand more rights.
Farmers alarmed as NY looks at expanded overtime for workers
The thousands of people paid to plant corn, pick apples and milk cows in New York often work long days, six days a week — and earn overtime only after 60 hours of labor.
7 Harvard food, beverage plant workers hospitalized after acid spill reported in McHenry County
Cause of hazmat incident still under investigation, Harvard fire officials said
Consider milk co-op workers as Covid warriors: HD KumaraswamyHD
JDS legislature party chief and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday raised a red flag about the rapid rise in Covid-19 infections in rural areas.
Legislation needed to lengthen stay for highly trained migrant dairy workers
The next time you drink milk, eat cheese or enjoy another dairy product, consider the source.
Following Amul MoU, AP govt announces VRS for dairy workers
After entering an MoU with Amul for procurement of milk from producers in three districts, the government has now, in a bid to ease the financial burden on the AP cooperative dairy federation, announced a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for dairy employees across the state.
