Pointing to concerns that it could provide housing for illegal foreign workers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed an agriculture industry-backed bill that would have made it easier to build housing for farmworkers. In a veto letter, DeSantis said the bill (SB 1082) lacked enforcement related to illegal workers. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS […]
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Farmworker Among 8 Killed in Fla. Crash Died Without Knowing His Fiancée Was Pregnant
Alfredo Tovar Sanchez, 20, was among eight farmworkers killed in a crash that police allege was caused by Bryan Maclean Howard Alfredo Tovar Sanchez/Facebook Alfredo Tovar Sanchez One of the farmworkers who were killed in a crash on Tuesday in Florida was earning money for his upcoming wedding and didn’t get a chance to learn […]
Farmworker wants justice after his brother and 7 others were killed in Florida bus crash
MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Jose Ventura said he had a strange feeling Tuesday morning as his brother, Everardo Ventura, left for work. He later found out about a bus crash that took the lives of eight farm workers, including his brother. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, 41-year-old Bryan Howard side-swiped a bus […]
Lawmakers fail to override vetoes of bump stocks ban, farmworker minimum wage
May 10—AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers fell short in several attempts Friday to overturn Gov. Janet Mills‘ vetoes of bills passed by the Legislature, including one that would have banned rapid fire gun modifications and another that would have set a new minimum wage for farmworkers. The Maine Senate failed to override Mills’ veto of a […]
Ventura Ranch farmworker housing project moves forward in approval process
The application for the 328-unit Ventura Ranch Housing Project on an 82.9-acre unincorporated site north of Ventura was deemed complete as of Wednesday, moving it forward in a lengthy approval process. The project at 4884 N. Ventura Ave. would construct a complex with 18 three-story residential buildings consisting of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments for […]
Farmworker who survived mass shooting at Northern California mushroom farm sues company and owner
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who authorities say committed the killings, the worker and his attorneys […]
Billionaire California growers battle farmworker union over biggest victory under new law
The United Farm Workers is facing allegations of fraudulent conduct from one of the largest agricultural companies in the world, days after the historic union successfully organized a small part of the multibillion-dollar business. In a first for the labor union, UFW was certified for organizing 640 California workers at Wonderful Nurseries — North America’s […]
Charges dropped against Guatemalan farmworker in death of sheriff’s officer during arrest
A Guatemalan farmworker has been cleared of charges in the heart-attack death of a Florida sheriff’s officer, a case that drew celebrity attention and prompted a nationwide petition for his freedom. NBC News reported on the case of 19-year-old Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, in December, after his attorney obtained and shared body camera video of the […]
Attorney says video disputes charges that farmworker caused officer’s fatal heart attack
On May 19, outside a Super 8 hotel in Florida, Virgilio Aguilar Mendez held his cellphone as a sheriff’s officer pulled up and ordered him to stop. As shown on an officer’s body camera video shared with NBC News last week, the officer said he wanted to know why Aguilar didn’t stop when he first […]